Partitioning A table on a data column

Question

Hi,
My requirement is to partition a table using a column with DATE datatype.
Example:
CREATE TABLE parttab
STATUS CHAR(1) DEFAULT 'a' NOT NULL,
UPDATER VARCHAR2(55) NOT NULL,
UPDTIME DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE NOT NULL
TABLESPACE part_tbs
Now i want to RANGE partition the above table on the "UPDTIME" column, so that it will look like:
Partition Value from Value till
P1 01-Jan 31-Mar
P2 01-Apr 30-Jun
P3 01-Jul 30-Sep
P4 MAXVALUE
I tried using the below syntax, but failed with error.
CREATE TABLE parttab
STATUS CHAR(1) DEFAULT 'a' NOT NULL,
UPDATER VARCHAR2(55) NOT NULL,
UPDTIME DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE NOT NULL
TABLESPACE part_tbs
LOGGING
PARTITION BY RANGE (UPDTIME)
PARTITION P1 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('04','MM')) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE part_tbs_P1,
PARTITION P2 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('07','DD-MM')) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE part_tbs_P2,
PARTITION P3 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('10','DD-MM')) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE part_tbs_P3,
PARTITION P4 VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE part_tbs_P4
COMPRESS
NOCACHE
PARALLEL ( DEGREE 2 INSTANCES Default )
ROWDEPENDENCIES
NOMONITORING
ENABLE ROW MOVEMENT;
Please suggest.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions.

Answer 1

what is the error message and your Oracle version? this sample may assist I guess -
CREATE TABLE range_part (
prof_history_id NUMBER(10),
person_id       NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
organization_id NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
record_date     DATE NOT NULL,
ph_comments     VARCHAR2(200))
PARTITION BY RANGE (record_date) (
PARTITION yr0 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-JAN-2000','DD-MON-YYYY'))
TABLESPACE part1,
PARTITION yr1 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-JAN-2001','DD-MON-YYYY'))
TABLESPACE part2,
PARTITION yr2 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-JAN-2002','DD-MON-YYYY'))
TABLESPACE part3,
PARTITION yr9 VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE) TABLESPACE part4);for more examples you may visit - http://psoug.org/reference/partitions.html