Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 04/29/07 21:19

Dan Guzman (guzmanda@nospam-online.sbcglobal.net) writes:
> It is possible to move a non-partitioned table (actually a single
> partition) into a partitioned table with ALTER TABLE...SWITCH PARTITION.
> The source/target table must have the same schema (including indexes)
> and table/indexes must reside on the same , filegroup(s). Also, the
> source table must have a check constraint on the partitioning column to
> ensure data is within the target partition boundaries.


Ah, that's great. That would it would be possible for Bjørn to create his
partitions with SELECT INTO, add the required index and constraints nd
then glue them together.

Thanks Dan for the information. ... I really need to start playing with
partitioning some day.


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