Example: CREATING SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE v16

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These examples show how to create subpartitions in a partitioned table using a subpartition template.

This example creates a table sales list partitioned by country and subpartitioned using list by date. The sales table uses a subpartition template and displays the subpartition and tablespace name. 

CREATE TABLE sales
(
  dept_no     number,
  part_no     varchar2,
  country     varchar2(20),
  date        date,
  amount      number
)
PARTITION BY LIST (country) 
  SUBPARTITION BY LIST (date)
  SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE
(
    SUBPARTITION europe VALUES('2021-Jan-01') TABLESPACE ts1,
    SUBPARTITION asia VALUES('2021-Apr-01') TABLESPACE ts2,
    SUBPARTITION americas VALUES('2021-Jul-01') TABLESPACE ts3
)
( 
    PARTITION q1_2021 VALUES('2021-Jul-01')
);

The SELECT statement shows partition q1_2021 consisting of three subpartitions stored in tablespaces ts1, ts2, and ts3:

edb=# SELECT partition_name, subpartition_name, high_value, tablespace_name 
FROM DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS WHERE table_name = 'SALES' ORDER BY 1,2;
Output
 partition_name | subpartition_name |      high_value      | tablespace_name 
----------------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------------
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_AMERICAS  | '01-JUL-21 00:00:00' | TS3
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_ASIA      | '01-APR-21 00:00:00' | TS2
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_EUROPE    | '01-JAN-21 00:00:00' | TS1
(3 rows)

Example: Creating a subpartition template for LIST/RANGE partitioned table

This example creates a table sales list partitioned by country and subpartitioned using range partitioning by the date column: 

CREATE TABLE sales
(
  dept_no     number,
  part_no     varchar2,
  country     varchar2(20),
  date        date,
  amount      number
)
PARTITION BY LIST(country)
  SUBPARTITION BY RANGE(date)
  SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE
(
    SUBPARTITION europe VALUES LESS THAN('2021-Jan-01') TABLESPACE ts1,
    SUBPARTITION asia VALUES LESS THAN('2021-Apr-01') TABLESPACE ts2,
    SUBPARTITION americas VALUES LESS THAN('2021-Jul-01') TABLESPACE ts3
)
( 
    PARTITION q1_2021 VALUES ('2021-Jul-01')
);

The sales table creates a partition named q1_2021 that includes three subpartitions stored in tablespaces ts1, ts2, and ts3.

edb=# SELECT partition_name, subpartition_name, high_value, tablespace_name 
FROM DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS WHERE table_name = 'SALES' ORDER BY 1,2;
Output
 partition_name | subpartition_name |      high_value      | tablespace_name 
----------------+-------------------+----------------------+-----------------
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_AMERICAS  | '01-JUL-21 00:00:00' | TS3
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_ASIA      | '01-APR-21 00:00:00' | TS2
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_EUROPE    | '01-JAN-21 00:00:00' | TS1
(3 rows)

Example: Creating a subpartition template for LIST/HASH partitioned table

This example creates a list-partitioned table sales that's first partitioned by country and then hash subpartitioned using the value of the dept_no column:

CREATE TABLE sales
(
  dept_no     number,
  part_no     varchar2,
  country     varchar2(20),
  date        date,
  amount      number
)
PARTITION BY LIST(country)
  SUBPARTITION BY HASH (dept_no)
  SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE
(
    SUBPARTITION europe TABLESPACE ts1,
    SUBPARTITION asia TABLESPACE ts2,
    SUBPARTITION americas TABLESPACE ts3
)
( 
    PARTITION q1_2021 VALUES ('2021-Jul-01')
);

The sales table creates a q1_2021 partition that includes three subpartitions stored in tablespaces ts1, ts2, and ts3. 

edb=# SELECT partition_name, subpartition_name, high_value, tablespace_name 
FROM DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS WHERE table_name = 'SALES' ORDER BY 1,2;
Output
 partition_name | subpartition_name | high_value | tablespace_name 
----------------+-------------------+------------+-----------------
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_AMERICAS  |            | TS3
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_ASIA      |            | TS2
 Q1_2021        | Q1_2021_EUROPE    |            | TS1
(3 rows)

Example: Creating a subpartition template for INTERVAL/HASH partitioned table

This example creates a sales table, interval partitioned using monthly intervals on the date column and hash subpartitioned using the value of the dept_no column:

CREATE TABLE sales
(
  dept_no     number,
  part_no     varchar2,
  country     varchar2(20),
  date        date,
  amount      number
)
PARTITION BY RANGE(date) INTERVAL(NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1, 'MONTH'))
  SUBPARTITION BY HASH (dept_no)
  SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE
(
    SUBPARTITION europe TABLESPACE ts1,
    SUBPARTITION asia TABLESPACE ts2,
    SUBPARTITION americas TABLESPACE ts3
)
( 
    PARTITION q2_2021 VALUES LESS THAN ('2021-Jul-01')
);

The sales table creates a partition q2_2021 consisting of three subpartitions stored in tablespaces ts1, ts2, and ts3: 

edb=# SELECT partition_name, subpartition_name, high_value, tablespace_name 
FROM DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS WHERE table_name = 'SALES' ORDER BY 1,2;
Output
 partition_name | subpartition_name | high_value | tablespace_name 
----------------+-------------------+------------+-----------------
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_AMERICAS  |            | TS3
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_ASIA      |            | TS2
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_EUROPE    |            | TS1
(3 rows)

Insert values into the sales table:

INSERT INTO sales VALUES (10, '9519a', 'FRANCE', '05-Jul-2021', '650000');

The SELECT statement shows a system-generated name of partitions and subpartitions stored in tablespaces ts1, ts2, and ts3. 

edb=# SELECT partition_name, subpartition_name, high_value, tablespace_name 
FROM DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS WHERE table_name = 'SALES' ORDER BY 1,2;
Output
 partition_name | subpartition_name | high_value | tablespace_name 
----------------+-------------------+------------+-----------------
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_AMERICAS  |            | TS3
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_ASIA      |            | TS2
 Q2_2021        | Q2_2021_EUROPE    |            | TS1
 SYS368340105   | SYS368340106      |            | TS1
 SYS368340105   | SYS368340107      |            | TS2
 SYS368340105   | SYS368340108      |            | TS3
(6 rows)
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