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-====== Omnidex SQL: PARTITION ====== 
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-===== Description ===== 
  
-The PARTITION statement reads a table and splits it into multiple sub partitions which can be useful when setting up an Omnidex grid.  ​ 
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-===== Syntax ===== 
-<​code>​ 
-PARTITION table_spec ​ 
-         [INTO n]  
-         [BY <​column_spec | expression>​] ​ 
-         [IN path] 
-         [ON [INSTANCE] instance_no] ​ 
-         [WITH options] 
-</​code>​ 
-===== Discussion ===== 
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-===== Examples ===== 
-==== Partition by Column ==== 
-This example will partition a table into multiple sub tables for each state. ​ Note that the filename suffix is the distinct state value. 
-<​code>​ 
-> partition households by state ; 
-Partitioned 1,909 rows from HOUSEHOLDS into 52 partitions 
-> dir 
-HOUSEHOLDS_AK.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_AL.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_AR.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_AZ.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_CA.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_CO.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_CT.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_DC.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_DE.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_FL.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_GA.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_HI.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_IA.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_ID.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_IL.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_IN.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_KS.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_KY.dat 
-HOUSEHOLDS_LA.dat 
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-</​code>​ 
-==== Partition with criteria and CASE ==== 
-The partition statement is used with criteria to split a table into multiple components. 
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-The SQL CASE syntax can be used to specify the suffix used when the PARTITION statement creates the component files. 
-<​code>​ 
-> partition companies by  
-    "case when state in ('​CA','​CO','​TX'​) then '​01' ​ 
-          when state in ('​NY','​FL','​WA'​) then '​02' ​ 
-          else '​03'​ end" ; 
-Partitioned 31,548 rows from COMPANIES into 3 partitions 
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