RE: Range partition

You have to combine activity_year and week_num into varchar2(6) - the first four being year, the last two characters being the week_num, and partition on that column.

>>> prakash.bala_at_cingular.com 07/07/01 06:41AM >>> I tried that but it didn't work. Oracle is just using the first column to determine the partition.

Prakash

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Can't you use a composed range key.

• "Bala, Prakash" <prakash.bala_at_cingular.com> a écrit : > Hello,
  >
  > Oracle 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris
  >
  > Scenario: We have a table where we store the
  > consolidated weekly numbers on
  > the number of disconnects, reconnects, transfers
  > etc. Our business week is
  > from Wednesday to Tuesday and so each week has a
  > number assigned to it.
  > Also, the week doesn't span across months. So we
  > have a total of 63 weeks
  > for 2001. The table stucture is as follows:
  >
  > activity_year number(4),
  > week_num number(2),
  > company_code varchar2(10),
  > channel_code varchar2(20),
  > spectrum_code varchar2(4),
  > subscriber_code varchar2(6),
  > bop number(10),
  > initial_add number(10),
  > volun_disc number(10),
  > involun_disc number(10).....
  >
  > I need to partition this table in such a way that
  > the data for a given year
  > and week number should go to a specific partition.
  > Searched Metalink and
  > Oracle docs but didn't get an answer.
  >
  > Is there a way to accomplish this without adding a
  > date column to this
  > table?
  >
  > TIA
  >
  > Prakash
  > --
  

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