Removing data from a partition is not a lot of work :
alter table X truncate partition Y ;
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> Anyone have any problems dropping partitions that
> hold data?
>
> We are debating the risk involved in dropping
> populated partitions
> as opposed to purging the data out of them first and
> then dropping
> them (a lot of work).
>
> Theoretically, this should work o.k. but has anybody
> actually had
> problems doing this?
>
> Cherie
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