Friday, 19 February 2010

New Features for Administrators - Question 097

Which two are true regarding a list-partitioned table? (Choose two.)

A. It is possible to partition an index-organized table using the LIST method.

B. It is NOT possible to have multiple columns as the partition key of a list partitioned table.

C. The keyword NULL can be specified as a partition literal value for one partition of a list-partitioned table.

D. The keyword MAXVALUE can be specified as a partition literal value for one partition of a list-partitioned table.

Answer: B, C

Explanation:

It is NOT possible to have multiple columns as the partition key of a list-partitioned table. It’s possible to specify the keyword NULL as a partition literal value for one partition of a list-partitioned table: the set of values that specifies a partition cannot be empty; it must contain at least one value.

Incorrect Answers

A: List partitioning is supported for heap tables only. IOTs do not support this feature.

D: You cannot specify MAXVALUE. You can specify a NULL value.


OCP Oracle9i Database: New Features for Administrators, Daniel Benjamin, p. 134-136 Chapter 3: Manageability Enhancements

Oracle 9i New Features, Robert Freeman, p. 102-107 Chapter 4: New Oracle9i Database DDS and Data-Warehouse Features

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