Re: Auto creation of Partitions

> Note to Nikhil: Make sure the new syntax doesn't prevent partitions from
> being placed upon multiple tablespaces in some manner, at CREATE TABLE
> time.

What if the syntax was something like -

CREATE TABLE tabname (
...
...
) PARTITION BY
HASH(expr)
| RANGE(expr)
| LIST(expr)
[PARTITIONS num_partitions] /* will apply to HASH only for now*/
[PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...) [USING TABLESPACE tblspcname],
PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...) [USING TABLESPACE tblspcname]
...
];

And (if we use the ALTER TABLE to add partitions)

ALTER TABLE tabname
ADD PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...)
[USING TABLESPACE tblspcname];

Of course ALTER TABLE childtable SET TABLESPACE tblspcname; should not
cause any probs.

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Shane Ambler
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