Thanks Andy - much appreciated. Chris From: andyklock@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:andyklock@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Klock Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 9:21 AM To: Taylor Christopher - Nashville Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Num of Partitions with Subpartitions - quick newbie question Depends on your version. It used to be 64K (total partition/sub partitions) but in versions 10g/11g it is 1024K (minus 1). So with 8000 you are only getting started :) http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17118/statements_3001.htm#i2085640 On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:59 AM, <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: We're experimenting with partitioning a table into many partitions with many subpartitions because of the way we process by Organization IDs and Secure Profiles - related to parallel application server processing. Is there a MAXIMUM (or recommended value to keep under) for number of partitions and/or subpartitions? This table (if design works) would have approximately 8000 subpartitions and 1/4 of that in partitions I think. (I don't have the numbers off the top of my head) Regards, Chris Taylor Oracle DBA Parallon IT&S -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l