I've never done partitioning but I've got an idea. What about adding a column to hold a value of what partition you want to be in (P1-P6), then populate that with a pre-insert trigger with whatever logic you want...?
It's probably a naive idea, but I'm sure I'll learn from the list... :-) -rje S> I think what my boss is asking me to do is not possible, but since I don't S> have much experience with partitioning I thought I'd ask here (I did read S> some of manuals but didn't find an answer that suited my conditions). My S> boss wants a table partitioned by 2 columns - seq_no and type. If the type = S> 'X' then it's just a range partition, but then he wants another partition S> that contains all data that type!='X' but is inclusive of the entire range. S> Is this possible? S> Something like (I know this syntax isn't correct ) S> create table test_part( S> id number(11) unique, S> owner_id number(11) not null, S> type varchar2(30) not null, S> name varchar2(40)) S> partition by range(owner_id,type) S> (partition p1 values less than (20000000) and type ='X' tablespace test, S> partition p2 values less than (50000000) and owner_table ='X' tablespace S> test, S> partition p3 values less than (100000000) and owner_table ='X' tablespace S> test, S> partition p4 values less than (500000000) and owner_table ='X' tablespace S> test, S> partition p5 values less than (1000000000) and owner_table ='X' tablespace S> test) S> partition p6 values less that (1000000000) and owner_table !='X' tablespace S> test; -rje -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Robert Eskridge INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
