Roy,
You are correct.
As for IBM's future plans, it's anybodys guess. I have not heard anything yet.
John McLean
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Roy Reynolds wrote:
> If I understand correctly, UDB on UNIX doesn't let me specify
> partitioning key ranges like OS/390 DB2.
> In OS/390 I can 'point' key ranges to specific partitions. This allows
> me to direct the growth of a table toward the end(highest numbered
> partition), keeping the beginning (low numbered) partitions static. The
> advantage is that I never have to reorg the oldest (lowest numbered)
> partitions. With UDB 7.2, my understanding is that I have to let the
> random assignment to nodes put new rows whereever the hashing algorithm
> chooses. Is this right? If so, is there any plan in IBM to make UDB on
> UNIX more like OS/390 with respect to partition key assignment?
> I'd appreciate your thoughts advice on how to deal with this kind of
> situation.
> Thanks in advance,
> Roy
>
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