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Automatic List Partitioning

To enable automatic list partitioning, you need to specify the AUTOMATIC keyword when creating partitions. Automatic range partitioning supports automatic creation of level-1 and level-2 partitions.

To use the automatic list partitioning function, no DEFAULT partition key is allowed in the partitioned table.
To use the automatic list partitioning function, you need to properly design partition keys to prevent the number of partitions from increasing sharply due to a large number of partitioning behaviors, which affects service performance.

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