9 Partitioning and Indexing

This does not replace the Oracle technical documentation regarding partitioning or indexes. Oracle strongly recommends that the DBA in charge of the Oracle Clinical database be familiar with partitioning before attempting to convert an existing Oracle Clinical database to a partitioned Responses table.

For detailed information on partitioning and on maintaining partitioned tables, see the Oracle database documentation.

For more information, see:

• Introduction
  
• Planning for Partitioning
  
• Partitioning the Responses Table
  
• Partition Maintenance
  
• Upgrading Indexes
  
• Query Tuning Guidelines