Re: Partitioning Question (2 of several)

  • From: <ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:49:21 -0500

your best bet is to do your reload into a new table, then do a partition 
switch(I think this is 9i only) or a partition merge to add the new table as a 
new partition. This will practically eliminate any user downtime. 



> 
> From: david wendelken <davewendelken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/03/22 Mon PM 01:44:53 EST
> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Partitioning Question (2 of several)
> 
> 
> I'm working on an application that can easily be partitioned on one column 
> that exists in most tables in the application.
> 
> I know that I may need to load - then truncate and reload - any given new 
> partition.
> 
> I need to make sure that the user impact on other partitions is minimal or 
> non-existent.
> (The application will control access to the partitions, so the users won't be 
> able to mess with a partition that is inoperative.)
> 
> It appears that local indexes would be a better fit than global ones in order 
> to meet these design requirements.
> 
> Do you agree, and if not, why not?
> 
> Secondly, there are some reference tables that are not partitioned, and the 
> partitioned tables will have foreign key constraints (with the corresponding 
> indexes) to them.  Does that mess up what I am trying to accomplish?
> 
> 
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