On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Bob Gobeille<bob.gobeille@hp.com> wrote:
> I gather from rtfm that it is typical to set up partitions so that the
> "master" table has no records. But from my understanding of partitions and
> doing some tests, I don't see any reason that has to be. So I'm wondering
> if I'm missing some subtle (or not so subtle) point about partitions?
It's purely a convenience issue. Any child partition can be removed
later, The parent will be a pain if you ever want to remove it from
the partitioning structure.
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greg
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