Analyze Explain Plan --Query Stuck

Hello,
I am a newbie to Oracle.Urgently need help on a query running on Production Oracle 11g database.
This query is getting stuck for a very long time while fetching data.Here is the explain Plan for it.Could anyone please point out what is the problem and what needs to be corrected.Thanks in advance.
Rollback complete.
Explain complete.
Commit complete.
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
Plan hash value: 3980578161
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | Pstart| Pstop |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 155 | 33325 | 716 (1)| 00:00:11 | | |
| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 155 | 33325 | 716 (1)| 00:00:11 | | |
|* 2 | VIEW | | 155 | 33325 | 715 (1)| 00:00:11 | | |
|* 3 | WINDOW SORT PUSHED RANK | | 155 | 61535 | 715 (1)| 00:00:11 | | |
|* 4 | VIEW | | 155 | 61535 | 714 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 5 | WINDOW BUFFER | | 155 | 34565 | 714 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 6 | SORT GROUP BY | | 155 | 34565 | 714 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 7 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | BTM_EIN | 1 | 19 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 8 | NESTED LOOPS | | 155 | 34565 | 712 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
|* 9 | HASH JOIN | | 155 | 31620 | 669 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
|* 10 | HASH JOIN | | 222 | 28194 | 662 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 11 | TABLE ACCESS BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID| PR_EMPRESS_PAYROLL_FACT | 194 | 7178 | 658 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 12 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1001 | 89089 | 658 (1)| 00:00:10 | | |
| 13 | NESTED LOOPS | | 5 | 260 | 17 (6)| 00:00:01 | | |
|* 14 | HASH JOIN | | 5 | 200 | 7 (15)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 15 | NESTED LOOPS | | 6 | 144 | 4 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
|* 16 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | REPORT_OU_IDX1 | 1 | 14 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
|* 17 | MAT_VIEW ACCESS FULL | PARENT_LEVEL_LOOKUP_MV | 6 | 60 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 18 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TP_OUC_HIER_CDIM | 5 | 80 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 19 | BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS | | | | | | | |
|* 20 | BITMAP INDEX SINGLE VALUE | TP_OUC_HI_IDX2 | | | | | | |
| 21 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | LEDGER_OUC | 1 | 12 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
|* 22 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | LEDGER_OUC_I1 | 1 | | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 23 | PARTITION RANGE ALL | | | | | | 1 | 82 |
| 24 | BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS | | | | | | | |
|* 25 | BITMAP INDEX SINGLE VALUE | PR_EMPRES_IDX7 | | | | | 1 | 82 |
|* 26 | MAT_VIEW ACCESS FULL | TP_TIME_CDIM_MV | 12 | 456 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
|* 27 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | EMPRESS_CODE_DIM | 289 | 22253 | 7 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
|* 28 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | BTM_EIN_I1 | 1 | | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
2 - filter("D1"."C16"=1)
3 - filter(ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY "SAWITH1"."C5","SAWITH1"."C6","SAWITH1"."C20","SAWITH1"."C21","SAWITH1"."C26","S
AWITH1"."C27","SAWITH1"."C28","SAWITH1"."C29","SAWITH1"."C30" ORDER BY
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
"SAWITH1"."C5","SAWITH1"."C6","SAWITH1"."C20","SAWITH1"."C21","SAWITH1"."C26","SAWITH1"."C27","SAWITH1"."C28","SAWITH1"."C29","
SAWITH1"."C30")<=1)
4 - filter(CASE WHEN '@{PR_Allowance}'='London Weighting' THEN "SAWITH1"."C9" WHEN '@{PR_Allowance}'='Pensionable' THEN
"SAWITH1"."C10" WHEN '@{PR_Allowance}'='Non Pensionable' THEN "SAWITH1"."C11" ELSE "SAWITH1"."C8" END <>0.0)
9 - access("T808692"."EMPRESS_CODE_KEY"="T808833"."PR_EMPRESS_CODE_KEY")
10 - access("T808833"."PERIOD_KEY"="T809005"."PERIOD_KEY")
14 - access("T808816"."LEVEL_FROM_PARENT"="T808999"."LEVEL_FROM_PARENT")
16 - access("T809014"."TP_REPORT_OUC_KEY"='B')
17 - filter("T808816"."OUC_TYPE"='Summed')
20 - access("T808999"."TP_REPORT_OUC_KEY"='B')
22 - access("T808999"."TP_CHILD_REPORT_OUC_KEY"="REPORT_OUC")
25 - access("T808833"."TP_LEDGER_OUC_KEY"="LEDGER_OUC")
26 - filter("T809005"."YEAR_DESC"='2010/11' AND TO_NUMBER("T809005"."PERIOD_KEY")<=201112)
27 - filter("T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=3 OR "T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=5 OR "T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=13 OR
"T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=17 OR "T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=19 OR "T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=27 OR
"T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=29 OR "T808692"."EMPRESS_HIER_3_CODE"=31)
28 - access("A"."EIN"="T808833"."TP_EIN_KEY")
Note
- dynamic sampling used for this statement
63 rows selected.
Regards
AD

Here is the explain plan for the same query run on CT environment.
Rollback complete.
Explain complete.
Commit complete.
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
Plan hash value: 3514862671                                                                                                                                    
| Id  | Operation                                          | Name                    | Rows  | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost (%CPU)| Time     | Pstart| Pstop |    TQ  |I
N-OUT| PQ Distrib |                                                                                                                                            
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                                   |                         | 58565 |    14M|       |  5558   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|   1 |  PX COORDINATOR                                    |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|   2 |   PX SEND QC (ORDER)                               | :TQ10011                | 58565 |    14M|       |  5558   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,11 |
P->S | QC (ORDER) |                                                                                                                                            
|   3 |    SORT ORDER BY                                   |                         | 58565 |    14M|    33M|  5558   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,11 |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|   4 |     PX RECEIVE                                     |                         | 58565 |    14M|       |  5556   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,11 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|   5 |      PX SEND RANGE                                 | :TQ10010                | 58565 |    14M|       |  5556   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
P->P | RANGE      |                                                                                                                                            
|*  6 |       VIEW                                         |                         | 58565 |    14M|       |  5556   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|*  7 |        WINDOW SORT PUSHED RANK                     |                         | 58565 |    24M|    57M|  5556   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|*  8 |         VIEW                                       |                         | 58565 |    24M|       |  5555   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|   9 |          WINDOW BUFFER                             |                         | 58565 |    13M|       |  5555   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  10 |           SORT GROUP BY                            |                         | 58565 |    13M|    28M|  5555   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  11 |            PX RECEIVE                              |                         | 58565 |    13M|       |  5554   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,10 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  12 |             PX SEND HASH                           | :TQ10009                | 58565 |    13M|       |  5554   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,09 |
P->P | HASH       |                                                                                                                                            
|* 13 |              HASH JOIN                             |                         | 58565 |    13M|       |  5554   (1)| 00:01:18 |       |       |  Q1,09 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  14 |               PX RECEIVE                           |                         | 58565 |    12M|       |  1731   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,09 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  15 |                PX SEND HASH                        | :TQ10008                | 58565 |    12M|       |  1731   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
P->P | HASH       |                                                                                                                                            
|* 16 |                 HASH JOIN BUFFERED                 |                         | 58565 |    12M|       |  1731   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  17 |                  BUFFER SORT                       |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
PCWC |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  18 |                   PX RECEIVE                       |                         |     1 |    14 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  19 |                    PX SEND BROADCAST               | :TQ10001                |     1 |    14 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
S->P | BROADCAST  |                                                                                                                                            
|* 20 |                     INDEX RANGE SCAN               | REPORT_OU_IDX1          |     1 |    14 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|* 21 |                  HASH JOIN                         |                         | 58565 |    11M|       |  1730   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  22 |                   BUFFER SORT                      |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWC |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  23 |                    PX RECEIVE                      |                         |   383 | 31023 |       |     7   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  24 |                     PX SEND BROADCAST              | :TQ10002                |   383 | 31023 |       |     7   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
S->P | BROADCAST  |                                                                                                                                            
|* 25 |                      TABLE ACCESS FULL             | EMPRESS_CODE_DIM        |   383 | 31023 |       |     7   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|* 26 |                   HASH JOIN                        |                         | 82520 |  9912K|       |  1722   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  27 |                    BUFFER SORT                     |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWC |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  28 |                     PX RECEIVE                     |                         |     6 |    60 |       |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  29 |                      PX SEND BROADCAST             | :TQ10003                |     6 |    60 |       |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
S->P | BROADCAST  |                                                                                                                                            
|* 30 |                       MAT_VIEW ACCESS FULL         | PARENT_LEVEL_LOOKUP_MV  |     6 |    60 |       |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|* 31 |                    HASH JOIN                       |                         |   136K|    14M|       |  1718   (1)| 00:00:25 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT                                                                                                                                              
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  32 |                     BUFFER SORT                    |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWC |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  33 |                      PX RECEIVE                    |                         | 43293 |   845K|       |  1137   (1)| 00:00:16 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
PCWP |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  34 |                       PX SEND BROADCAST            | :TQ10004                | 43293 |   845K|       |  1137   (1)| 00:00:16 |       |       |        |
S->P | BROADCAST  |                                                                                                                                            
|  35 |                        TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TP_OUC_HIER_CDIM        | 43293 |   845K|       |  1137   (1)| 00:00:16 |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|  36 |                         BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS|                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|* 37 |                          BITMAP INDEX SINGLE VALUE | TP_OUC_HI_IDX2          |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |        |
     |            |                                                                                                                                            
|* 38 |                     HASH JOIN                      |                         |   627K|    55M|       |   581   (2)| 00:00:09 |       |       |  Q1,08 |
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    19 and t.best_call_state = r.ST
    20 GROUP BY r.pier_account_id,
    21 p.presc_num,
    22 spm.product_id,
    23 p.month,
    24 t.best_call_state;
    Explained.
    abc@def>ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
    1 select operation,options,optimizer,cost,cardinality,partition_start,partition_stop
    2 from plan_table
    3* where statement_id='dwh_query'
    abc@def>/
    OPERATION OPTIONS OPTIMIZER COST CARDINALITY
    PARTITION_START
    PARTITION_STOP
    SELECT STATEMENT CHOOSE 850 1
    SORT GROUP BY 850 1
    NESTED LOOPS 848 1
    HASH JOIN 845 3
    HASH JOIN 842 6
    TABLE ACCESS FULL ANALYZED 1 6
    PARTITION RANGE ITERATOR
    KEY
    36
    TABLE ACCESS BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID ANALYZED 839 166
    KEY
    36
    BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS
    BITMAP INDEX SINGLE VALUE
    KEY
    36
    TABLE ACCESS FULL 2 50
    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ANALYZED 1 149501
    INDEX UNIQUE SCAN ANALYZED 149501
    13 rows selected.

    Here is the create statement for PRESCRIP_RETAIL table:
    I have observed 2 things:
    1. In the query the following joins are present.
    13 WHERE spm.product_id like '056%'
    14 and t.CLIENT_ID='934759'
    15 and p.month >= add_months(sysdate,-24)
    16 and spm.mds6 = p.product_id
    17 and t.CLIENT_ID = p.presc_num
    18 and r.ndc_pyr_id = p.payer_plan
    19 and t.best_call_state = r.ST
    Index exist for p.product_id,p.presc_num,p.payer_plan as you can see below.
    However, the index does not exist for month.
    I am also doing search for month.
    I feel if I create a "partitioned index" on month, query performance should improve.
    Q Can you provide me the syntax for creating a partitioned index on month?
    2.The following tables are used in the query:
    9 FROM rlup_assigned_account r,
    10 temp_presc_num_TEST t,
    11 retail.prescrip_retail p,
    12 sherlock.sherlock_product_mapping spm
    In these tables, apart from sherlock.sherlock_product_mapping table the statistics that exist is old.
    I need to analyse on table level as well as column level.
    For example:
    Table prescrip_retail is analyzed in 2002,
    table temp_presc_num_TEST is not analysed at all.
    table rlup_assigned_account is analysed in Feb 2007.
    sherlock_product_mapping is the only table that has updated statistics, analysed on Oct. 2007
    Here is the table creation statement of PRESCRIP_RETAIL and index on it.
    Prompt Table PRESCRIP_RETAIL;
    -- PRESCRIP_RETAIL (Table)
    -- Row count:2806673860
    CREATE TABLE RETAIL.PRESCRIP_RETAIL
    PRESC_NUM NUMBER,
    PIER_NUM CHAR(8),
    RELID CHAR(9) NOT NULL,
    ME_NUM CHAR(10) NOT NULL,
    PRODUCT_ID CHAR(6) NOT NULL,
    PRODUCT_FRMSTR CHAR(1) NOT NULL,
    PAYER_PLAN CHAR(6) NOT NULL,
    MONTH DATE NOT NULL,
    PYMT_CODE CHAR(1) NOT NULL,
    NRX_COUNT NUMBER(7) NOT NULL,
    NRX_QUANTITY NUMBER(9) NOT NULL,
    NRX_DOLLARS NUMBER(13,2) NOT NULL,
    TRX_COUNT NUMBER(7) NOT NULL,
    TRX_QUANTITY NUMBER(9) NOT NULL,
    TRX_DOLLARS NUMBER(13,2) NOT NULL
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOLOGGING
    PARTITION BY RANGE (MONTH)
    PARTITION PRESC200406 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-07-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_30,
    PARTITION PRESC200407 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-08-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
    PARTITION PRESC200408 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-09-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
    PARTITION PRESC200409 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-10-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_33,
    PARTITION PRESC200410 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-11-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
    PARTITION PRESC200411 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-12-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
    PARTITION PRESC200412 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-01-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_36,
    PARTITION PRESC200501 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-02-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_01,
    PARTITION PRESC200502 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_02,
    PARTITION PRESC200503 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-04-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_03,
    PARTITION PRESC200504 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-05-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
    PARTITION PRESC200505 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-06-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
    PARTITION PRESC200506 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-07-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_06,
    PARTITION PRESC200507 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-08-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_07,
    PARTITION PRESC200508 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-09-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_08,
    PARTITION PRESC200509 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-10-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_09,
    PARTITION PRESC200510 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-11-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
    PARTITION PRESC200511 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2005-12-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
    PARTITION PRESC200512 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-01-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
    PARTITION PRESC200601 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-02-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
    PARTITION PRESC200602 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
    PARTITION PRESC200603 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-04-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
    PARTITION PRESC200604 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-05-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
    PARTITION PRESC200605 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-06-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
    PARTITION PRESC200606 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-07-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
    PARTITION PRESC200607 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-08-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
    PARTITION PRESC200608 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-09-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_20,
    PARTITION PRESC200609 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-10-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_21,
    PARTITION PRESC200610 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-11-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
    PARTITION PRESC200611 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2006-12-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
    PARTITION PRESC200612 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-01-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
    PARTITION PRESC200701 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-02-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
    PARTITION PRESC200702 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
    PARTITION PRESC200703 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-04-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
    PARTITION PRESC200704 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-05-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
    PARTITION PRESC200705 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2007-06-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
    LOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOCACHE
    NOPARALLEL;
    Prompt Index BX2_PRESC_PAYER;
    -- BX2_PRESC_PAYER (Index)
    -- Dependencies:
    -- PRESCRIP_RETAIL (Table)
    CREATE BITMAP INDEX RETAIL.BX2_PRESC_PAYER ON RETAIL.PRESCRIP_RETAIL
    (PAYER_PLAN)
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    LOGGING
    LOCAL (
    PARTITION PRESC200406
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_30,
    PARTITION PRESC200407
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
    PARTITION PRESC200408
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
    PARTITION PRESC200409
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_33,
    PARTITION PRESC200410
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
    PARTITION PRESC200411
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
    PARTITION PRESC200412
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_36,
    PARTITION PRESC200501
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_01,
    PARTITION PRESC200502
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_02,
    PARTITION PRESC200503
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_03,
    PARTITION PRESC200504
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
    PARTITION PRESC200505
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
    PARTITION PRESC200506
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_06,
    PARTITION PRESC200507
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_07,
    PARTITION PRESC200508
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_08,
    PARTITION PRESC200509
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_09,
    PARTITION PRESC200510
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
    PARTITION PRESC200511
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
    PARTITION PRESC200512
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
    PARTITION PRESC200601
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
    PARTITION PRESC200602
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
    PARTITION PRESC200603
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
    PARTITION PRESC200604
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
    PARTITION PRESC200605
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
    PARTITION PRESC200606
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
    PARTITION PRESC200607
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
    PARTITION PRESC200608
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_20,
    PARTITION PRESC200609
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_21,
    PARTITION PRESC200610
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
    PARTITION PRESC200611
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
    PARTITION PRESC200612
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
    PARTITION PRESC200701
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
    PARTITION PRESC200702
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
    PARTITION PRESC200703
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
    PARTITION PRESC200704
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
    PARTITION PRESC200705
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOPARALLEL;
    Prompt Index BX3_PRESC_PAYERCD;
    -- BX3_PRESC_PAYERCD (Index)
    -- Dependencies:
    -- PRESCRIP_RETAIL (Table)
    CREATE BITMAP INDEX RETAIL.BX3_PRESC_PAYERCD ON RETAIL.PRESCRIP_RETAIL
    (PYMT_CODE)
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOLOGGING
    LOCAL (
    PARTITION PRESC200406
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_30,
    PARTITION PRESC200407
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
    PARTITION PRESC200408
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
    PARTITION PRESC200409
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_33,
    PARTITION PRESC200410
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
    PARTITION PRESC200411
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
    PARTITION PRESC200412
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_36,
    PARTITION PRESC200501
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_01,
    PARTITION PRESC200502
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_02,
    PARTITION PRESC200503
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_03,
    PARTITION PRESC200504
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
    PARTITION PRESC200505
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
    PARTITION PRESC200506
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_06,
    PARTITION PRESC200507
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_07,
    PARTITION PRESC200508
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_08,
    PARTITION PRESC200509
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_09,
    PARTITION PRESC200510
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
    PARTITION PRESC200511
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
    PARTITION PRESC200512
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
    PARTITION PRESC200601
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
    PARTITION PRESC200602
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
    PARTITION PRESC200603
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
    PARTITION PRESC200604
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
    PARTITION PRESC200605
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
    PARTITION PRESC200606
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
    PARTITION PRESC200607
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
    PARTITION PRESC200608
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_20,
    PARTITION PRESC200609
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_21,
    PARTITION PRESC200610
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
    PARTITION PRESC200611
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
    PARTITION PRESC200612
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
    PARTITION PRESC200701
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
    PARTITION PRESC200702
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
    PARTITION PRESC200703
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
    PARTITION PRESC200704
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
    PARTITION PRESC200705
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOPARALLEL;
    Prompt Index BX4_PRESC_PRESC;
    -- BX4_PRESC_PRESC (Index)
    -- Dependencies:
    -- PRESCRIP_RETAIL (Table)
    CREATE BITMAP INDEX RETAIL.BX4_PRESC_PRESC ON RETAIL.PRESCRIP_RETAIL
    (PRESC_NUM)
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOLOGGING
    LOCAL (
    PARTITION PRESC200406
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_30,
    PARTITION PRESC200407
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
    PARTITION PRESC200408
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
    PARTITION PRESC200409
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_33,
    PARTITION PRESC200410
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
    PARTITION PRESC200411
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
    PARTITION PRESC200412
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_36,
    PARTITION PRESC200501
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_01,
    PARTITION PRESC200502
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_02,
    PARTITION PRESC200503
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_03,
    PARTITION PRESC200504
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
    PARTITION PRESC200505
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
    PARTITION PRESC200506
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_06,
    PARTITION PRESC200507
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_07,
    PARTITION PRESC200508
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_08,
    PARTITION PRESC200509
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_09,
    PARTITION PRESC200510
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
    PARTITION PRESC200511
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
    PARTITION PRESC200512
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
    PARTITION PRESC200601
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
    PARTITION PRESC200602
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
    PARTITION PRESC200603
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
    PARTITION PRESC200604
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
    PARTITION PRESC200605
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
    PARTITION PRESC200606
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
    PARTITION PRESC200607
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
    PARTITION PRESC200608
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_20,
    PARTITION PRESC200609
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_21,
    PARTITION PRESC200610
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
    PARTITION PRESC200611
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
    PARTITION PRESC200612
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
    PARTITION PRESC200701
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
    PARTITION PRESC200702
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
    PARTITION PRESC200703
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
    PARTITION PRESC200704
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
    PARTITION PRESC200705
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    NOPARALLEL;
    Prompt Index BX5_PRESC_PIER;
    -- BX5_PRESC_PIER (Index)
    -- Dependencies:
    -- PRESCRIP_RETAIL (Table)
    CREATE BITMAP INDEX RETAIL.BX5_PRESC_PIER ON RETAIL.PRESCRIP_RETAIL
    (PIZR_NUM)
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_29
    LOGGING
    LOCAL (
    PARTITION PRESC200406
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_30,
    PARTITION PRESC200407
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
    PARTITION PRESC200408
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
    PARTITION PRESC200409
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_33,
    PARTITION PRESC200410
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
    PARTITION PRESC200411
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
    PARTITION PRESC200412
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
    PARTITION PRESC200604
    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_20,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_21,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_31,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_32,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_34,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_35,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_36,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_02,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_03,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_04,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_05,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_06,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_07,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_08,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_09,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_10,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_11,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_12,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_13,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_14,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_15,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_16,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_17,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_18,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_19,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_22,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_23,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_24,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_25,
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    NOLOGGING
    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_26,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_27,
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    TABLESPACE PRESC_PARTITION_28,
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