Range

Application Scenarios

This algorithm applies to routing data in different ranges to different shards. Less-than signs (<), greater-than signs (>), and BETWEEN ... AND ... are frequently used in SQL queries.

Instructions

The sharding key can only be an integer, a date, or used in combination with a date function. If a date function is used, the sharding key must be DATE, DATETIME, or TIMESTAMP.

Data Routing

Data is routed to different shards by the sharding key value based on algorithm metadata rules.

Metadata needs to be set when a table is created. For example, if there are eight shards in one schema, the metadata range can be 1-2=0, 3-4=1, 5-6=2, 7-8=3, 9-10=4, 11-12=5, 13-14=6, and default=7. Data is routed to shards by the sharding key value based on the range.

Calculation Method

Method 1: Use an Integer as the Sharding Key

**Table 1** Required calculation methods when the sharding key is the integer data type
Condition	Calculation Method	Example
Integer sharding keys	Database routing result: Data is routed to different shards based on the sharding key and the preset metadata range.	Data is routed to shard1 if the sharding key value is 3 and the preset metadata range is 3–4.

Method 2: Use a Date as the Sharding Key

**Table 2** Supported date functions
Date Function	Calculation Method	Example
year()	year(yyyy-MM-dd)=yyyy	year('2019-10-11')=2019
month()	month(yyyy-MM-dd)=MM	month('2019-10-11')=10
weekofyear()	weekofyear(yyyy-MM-dd)=Week number of the current year NOTE: For the definition of the week number in a year, see WEEKOFYEAR(date).	weekofyear('2019-10-11')=41
day()	day(yyyy-MM-dd)=Day number of the current month	day('2019-10-11')=11

**Table 3** Calculation methods
Condition	Calculation Method	Example
Date sharding key	Database routing: Data is routed to different database shards based on the date function (database sharding key value) and the preset metadata range.	Data is routed to shard 4 based on the metadata range 9–10 when the sharding key value is 10: month('2019-10-11')=10 belongs to 9–10=4.

Syntax for Creating Tables

create table range_tb(
    id int,
    name varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL,
    create_time datetime DEFAULT NULL,
    primary key(id)
    )
dbpartition by range(id)
{     
    1-2=0,
    3-4=1, 
    5-6=2, 
    7-8=3, 
    9-10=4, 
    11-12=5,
    13-14=6,
    default=7 
};