Re: Partitioning by first digit of VARCHAR column data

  • From: Connor McDonald <hamcdc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:50:31 +0100 (BST)

Bang a trigger on to populate a new column and partition on that.

Alternatively, use dbms_utility.get_hash_value to see how your varchar2 map out 
across 4
partitions.  You might be able to get away with just a range on year and hash 
on varchar2.

Connor

 --- Surendra.Tirumala@xxxxxx wrote: 
> Hi, 
> 
> I have a table with several columns which include a NUMBER(year) and a
> VARCHAR(some code) columns. The VARCHAR column has values that start with
> either 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. I would like to have composite range partition key
> based on YEAR and the first digit of the VARCHAR column. Is there any way I
> can accomplish this? Can I use some function like SUBSTR to partition the
> table based on first digit of VARCHAR column data? 
> 
> Thanks for your help. 
> Surendra 
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