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DBA_TAB_PARTITIONS

DBA_TAB_PARTITIONS displays information about all partitions in the database.

Name

Type

Description

table_owner

character varying(64)

Owner of the table that contains the partition

schema

character varying(64)

Schema of the partitioned table

table_name

character varying(64)

Table name

partition_name

character varying(64)

Name of the partition

high_value

text

Upper boundary of a range partition or boundary value set of a list partition

Reserved field for forward compatibility. The parameter pretty_high_value is added in version 8.1.3 to record the information.

pretty_high_value

text

Upper boundary of a range partition or boundary value set of a list partition

The query result is the instant decompilation output of the partition boundary expression. The output of this column contains more details than that of high_value. The output information can be collation and column data type.

tablespace_name

name

Name of the tablespace that contains the partition

Example

View the partition information of a partitioned table:

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS web_returns_p1;
CREATE TABLE web_returns_p1
(
    wr_returned_date_sk       integer,
    wr_returned_time_sk       integer,
    wr_item_sk                integer NOT NULL,
    wr_refunded_customer_sk   integer
)
WITH (orientation = column)
DISTRIBUTE BY HASH (wr_item_sk)
PARTITION BY RANGE (wr_returned_date_sk)
(
    PARTITION p2016 VALUES LESS THAN(20161231),
    PARTITION p2017 VALUES LESS THAN(20171231),
    PARTITION p2018 VALUES LESS THAN(20181231),
    PARTITION p2019 VALUES LESS THAN(20191231),
    PARTITION p2020 VALUES LESS THAN(maxvalue)
);

SELECT * FROM dba_tab_partitions where table_name='web_returns_p1';

Parent Topic: System Views