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How to Set Compression for Future Table Partitions (Doc ID 1984916.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 07, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.7 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

 Use this note to see how to add compression to a partitioned table such that future partitions will be compressed.   This note uses an interval-partitioned table as the example, but this applies to any type of table compression with a partitioned table, including basic compression.

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 1.  Specify table-level compression in the CREATE TABLE statement 
 2.  Alter the default attributes of the table after the table has been created (affects future partitions only)
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