The Basics
A new import DataPump parameter PARTITION_OPTIONS has been introduced with 11g. The allowed values are:
- NONE – Creates tables as they existed on the system from which the export operation was performed. This is the default value.
- DEPARTITION – Promotes each partition or subpartition to a new individual table. The default name of the new table will be the concatenation of the table and partition name or the table and subpartition name, as appropriate.
- MERGE – Combines all partitions and subpartitions into one table.
The parameter PARTITION_OPTIONS specifies how table partitions should be created during an import operation. To convert a partitioned table to a non-partitoned table we have to use PARTITION_OPTIONS=MERGE during the process of import.
Example
The below example illustrates how to convert partitioned table to a non-partitioned table using expdp/impdp.
1. Create a partitioned table and insert values into the partitioned tableconnect scott/tiger:
create table part_tab
(
year number(4),
product varchar2(10),
amt number(10,2)
)
partition by range (year)
(
partition p1 values less than (1992) tablespace u1,
partition p2 values less than (1993) tablespace u2,
partition p3 values less than (1994) tablespace u3,
partition p4 values less than (1995) tablespace u4,
partition p5 values less than (MAXVALUE) tablespace u5
);
select * from PART_TAB;
YEAR PRODUCT AMT
---------- ---------- ----------
1992 p1 100
1993 p2 200
1994 p3 300
1995 p4 400
2010 p5 500
select OWNER, TABLE_NAME, PARTITIONED
from dba_tables
where table_name = 'PART_TAB' and owner = 'SCOTT';
OWNER TABLE_NAME PAR
------------------------------ ---------- ---
SCOTT PART_TAB YES
select TABLE_OWNER, TABLE_NAME, PARTITION_NAME, TABLESPACE_NAME
from dba_tab_partitions
where TABLE_NAME = 'PART_TAB' and TABLE_OWNER = 'SCOTT';
TABLE_OWNER TABLE_NAME PARTITION_ TABLESPACE
------------------------------ ---------- ---------- ----------
SCOTT PART_TAB P1 U1
SCOTT PART_TAB P2 U2
SCOTT PART_TAB P3 U3
SCOTT PART_TAB P4 U4
SCOTT PART_TAB P5 U52. Export the partitioned table:
$ expdp TABLES=scott.part_tab USERID="' / as sysdba'" DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=part_tab.dmp LOGFILE=part_tab.log
Export: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Dec 23 08:27:24 2010
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Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
Starting "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01": TABLES=scott.part_tab USERID="/******** AS SYSDBA" DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=part_tab.dmp LOGFILE=part_tab.log
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method...
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 32 MB
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE
. . exported "SCOTT"."PART_TAB":"P2" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . exported "SCOTT"."PART_TAB":"P3" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . exported "SCOTT"."PART_TAB":"P4" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . exported "SCOTT"."PART_TAB":"P5" 5.914 KB 2 rows
. . exported "SCOTT"."PART_TAB":"P1" 0 KB 0 rows
Master table "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
******************************************************************************
Dump file set for SYS.SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01 is:
/tmp/part_tab.dmp
Job "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully completed at 08:28:023. Import the table in user “BHAKTA” to convert the partitioned table into a non-partitioned table:
$ impdp USERID="'/ as sysdba'" TABLES=scott.part_tab DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=part_tab.dmp LOGFILE=imp_part_tab.log REMAP_SCHEMA=scott:bhakta PARTITION_OPTIONS=merge
Import: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Dec 23 08:39:08 2010
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Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
Master table "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_TABLE_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
Starting "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_TABLE_01": USERID="/******** AS SYSDBA" TABLES=scott.part_tab DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=part_tab.dmp LOGFILE=imp_part_tab.log REMAP_SCHEMA=scott:bhakta PARTITION_OPTIONS=merge
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
. . imported "BHAKTA"."PART_TAB":"P2" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . imported "BHAKTA"."PART_TAB":"P3" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . imported "BHAKTA"."PART_TAB":"P4" 5.898 KB 1 rows
. . imported "BHAKTA"."PART_TAB":"P5" 5.914 KB 2 rows
. . imported "BHAKTA"."PART_TAB":"P1" 0 KB 0 rows
Job "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_TABLE_01" successfully completed at 08:39:17select * from bhakta.part_tab;
YEAR PRODUCT AMT
---------- ---------- ----------
1992 p1 100
1993 p2 200
1994 p3 300
1995 p4 400
2010 p5 500
select OWNER, TABLE_NAME, PARTITIONED
from dba_tables
where table_name = 'PART_TAB' and owner = 'BHAKTA';
OWNER TABLE_NAME PAR
------------------------------ ---------- ---
BHAKTA PART_TAB NO
select TABLE_OWNER, TABLE_NAME, PARTITION_NAME, TABLESPACE_NAME
from dba_tab_partitions
where TABLE_NAME = 'PART_TAB' and TABLE_OWNER = 'BHAKTA';
no rows selectedNote:: If there is a local or global prefixed index created on the partitioned table, import with PARTITION_OPTIONS=merge also converts the index to non-partitioned.
– local prefixed index:
CREATE INDEX part_tab_loc_idx ON part_tab(year) LOCAL;After import with REMAP_SCHEMA=scott:bhakta PARTITION_OPTIONS=merge, the local prefixed index is also converted to a non-partitioned index:
select OWNER, INDEX_NAME, PARTITIONED
from dba_indexes
where index_name='PART_TAB_GLOB_IDX';
OWNER INDEX_NAME PAR
---------- -------------------- ---
SCOTT PART_TAB_LOC_IDX YES
BHAKTA PART_TAB_LOC_IDX NOOR
– global prefixed index:
CREATE INDEX part_tab_glob_idx ON part_tab(year)
GLOBAL PARTITION BY RANGE (year)
(partition p1 values less than (1992),
partition p2 values less than (1993),
partition p3 values less than (1994),
partition p4 values less than (1995),
partition p5 values less than (MAXVALUE)
);After import with REMAP_SCHEMA=scott:bhakta PARTITION_OPTIONS=merge, the local prefixed index is also converted to a non-partitioned index:
select OWNER, INDEX_NAME, PARTITIONED
from dba_indexes
where index_name='PART_TAB_GLOB_IDX';
OWNER INDEX_NAME PAR
---------- -------------------- ---
SCOTT PART_TAB_GLOB_IDX YES
BHAKTA PART_TAB_GLOB_IDX NONote: The DEPARTITION option is applicable to Transportable tablespace.
