They don't publish it, but I'm pretty sure that
dbms_utility.get_hash_value calls the same routine -
so you can pre-test values by passing them through
that to see what they hash to
hth
connor
--- elain he <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,
> Does anyone know the algorithm used in hash
> partitioning?
>
> From what I have gathered so far, Oracle will evenly
> distribute data across
> available partitions. Rows are inserted into
> partitions based on a hash
> value of the partitioning key.
>
> Having said that, if I create a hash partitioned
> table with 4 partitions
> based on say dept_no and inserts 10 rows that have
> the same dept_no, does
> Oracle inserts all the records into the same
> partition since all the rows
> hashed into the same hash value or does Oracle
> distributes the data across
> the 4 partitions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> elai
>
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