> Note to Nikhil: Make sure the new syntax doesn't prevent partitions from > being placed upon multiple tablespaces in some manner, at CREATE TABLE > time.
What if the syntax was something like -
CREATE TABLE tabname ( ... ... ) PARTITION BY HASH(expr) | RANGE(expr) | LIST(expr) [PARTITIONS num_partitions] /* will apply to HASH only for now*/ [PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...) [USING TABLESPACE tblspcname], PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...) [USING TABLESPACE tblspcname] ... ];
And (if we use the ALTER TABLE to add partitions)
ALTER TABLE tabname ADD PARTITION partition_name CHECK(...) [USING TABLESPACE tblspcname];