If you consider using interval clause, timestamp with local timezone data type is not supported. You can create a date type virtual column calculated from the timestamp with local timezone column and use that virtual column for partitioning. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e26088/statements_7002.htm#i2146287 -- Timo Raitalaakso http://rafudb.blogspot.com 23.5.2013 20:45, Dba DBA kirjoitti: > Oracle 11.2.0.3 > Production OS: Solaris (don't know the version) > Timestamp with Local Timezone appears to meet this requirement and > normalize it for me as long as I state the local timezone when I insert and > set the dbtimezone parameter. > > 1. create table, partition by range on timestamp with local timezone by > hour. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l