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? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------