we had a day_no column in the table, from 1 - 8, we ranged partitioned on that column and truncated it as needed - was fine for us On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:10:54 -0500, rishi.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <rishi.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I need to partition a table by day of week. We need to keep 7 days worth of > data and then we can truncate the oldest partition and start over again. > has someone done so earlier ? What would be a better idea [Range or List ??] > > If someone has an example that would be great . > > Rgds > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l