One thing to consider is adding a field to the table for the three positions and have a trigger fire to insert the substr from the other field. It will slow things down, but would give you the field needed to do the partioning.
Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:06 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: RE : Table partition on part of a field > > > I thought about it, but there are many update programs > and my first inclination is to leave the design as is. > We are talking about PORTING application and I do not want > to add design changes as well. > > Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Khedr, Waleed [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tue, January 15, 2002 11:02 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: RE : Table partition on part of a field > > > > > > Make it two fields 6 & 3 > > Partition on 3 > > And create a view to concatenate the two fields into one > > > > Regards, > > Waleed > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:50 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Hello All > > > > I need to create a partitioned table base on the last three > digits on 9 > > digits number. > > > > Create table test (zip_and_city_code number(9)); > > > > The zip code is 6 digits and the city code is 3 digits. > > > > The design is from an application that used btrieve and is > now ported to > > Oracle. > > (I would not allow this design if it was a new system). > > > > I want to group every city records into its own partition. > > > > First I tried to use range partitioning based on a function > on the field > > and > > it does not work. > > > > Then I thought about using hash partitioning using my own > hash function > > but > > could not find > > where I can use my own hash function. > > > > Any help to implement this @#$% design will be really appreciated. > > > > Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: =?iso-8859-8?Q?=E0=E3=F8_=E9=E7=E9=E0=EC?= > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / > Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Khedr, Waleed > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / > Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > This e-mail was scanned by the eSafe Mail Gateway > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: =?iso-8859-8?Q?=E0=E3=F8_=E9=E7=E9=E0=EC?= > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ball, Terry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
