Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-18 Thread Cherie_Machler
We are doing a redesign of our 200-Gig data warehouse in 9i. One of the things we're thinking about is changing which columns we partition on. Currently, we partition exclusively on date fields. This has proven extremely helpful for doing maintenance, purging old data, archiving, etc. Howeve

Re: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-18 Thread Stephane Faroult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > We are doing a redesign of our 200-Gig data warehouse in 9i. > > One of the things we're thinking about is changing which > columns we partition on. > Cherie, I am not sure that this really relates to your problem but if I think that you should consider partiti

Re: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-18 Thread Jared Still
On Tuesday 18 December 2001 12:55, Stephane Faroult wrote: > I have never found the argument 'you > scan a single partition' very compelling when your data is properly > indexed. Stephane, This is assuming that you are using global indexes on your partitioned tables. If using local indexes an

RE: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-18 Thread Khedr, Waleed
Did you consider partitioned IOT? Have fun, Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L We are doing a redesign of our 200-Gig data warehouse in 9i. One of the things we're thinking about is changing which columns we pa

Re: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-19 Thread Stephane Faroult
Jared Still wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 12:55, Stephane Faroult wrote: > > I have never found the argument 'you > > scan a single partition' very compelling when your data is properly > > indexed. > > Stephane, > > This is assuming that you are using global indexes on your > partiti

Re: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-19 Thread Cherie_Machler
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RE: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-19 Thread Cherie_Machler
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Re: Deciding what columns to partition on

2001-12-19 Thread Cherie_Machler
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