Table & Index Partitioning (Revision #88)

Table Partitioning DDL Generation: Within Aqua Data Studio 8.5, right-click on a Table in the Schema Browser and select Script Object to Window -> CREATE (Full) from the pop-up menu to generate DDL scripts with table partitioning information.

The following database versions and table partitioning types are supported: 

• Oracle 9i and above: Range, List, Hash, Reference, Composite Range, Composite List & System.
• IBM DB2 LUW 9.0 and above: Range.
• MySQL 5.1 and above: Hash, Key, Linear Hash, Linear Key, Range & List.
• MS SQL Server 2005 and above: Partition Functions, Partition Schem, ON Partition_Scheme_Name.
• Sybase ASE 15 and above: Range, List, Hash & Roundrobin.

Below are examples of the Table Partition Syntax generated when using Script CREATE (Full) for Oracle 11g, DB2 UDB 9.7, MySQL 6.0, MS SQL Server 2008 and Sybase ASE 15.0

Oracle	IBM DB2 UDB	MySQL	MS SQL	Sybase ASE

Index Partitioning DDL Generation: Right-click on an Index in the Schema Browser and select Script Object to Window -> CREATE (Full) from the pop-up menu to generate DDL scripts with index partitioning information.

The following database versions and index partitioning types are supported:

• Oracle 9i an above
• MS SQL Server 2005 and above
• Sybase ASE 15 and above

Below are examples of the Index Partition Syntax generated when using Script CREATE (Full) for Oracle 11g, MS SQL Server 2008 and Sybase ASE 15.0

Oracle	MS SQL	Sybase ASE

Enhanced Visual Editing of Index Attributes: When visually editing Indexes (CREATE or ALTER), ADStudio now has an Options tab providing better usability and additional index management features.

• DB2 UDB
• Oracle
• MS SQL Server 
• MySQL
• Sybase ASE

DB2 UDB Full Index Information	Oracle Full Index Information	MS SQL Full Index Information	MySQL Full Index Information	Sybase Full Index Information

MySQL Indexes may be created that use the leading part of column values, using col_name(length) syntax to specify prefix length. Prefixes may be specified for CHAR, VARCHAR, BINARY, VARBINARY, BLOB & TEXT columns. For BLOB & TEXT columns a prefix length must be provided. [TBD: Get explanation]

Index Column Size