Yes, because
GilaMonster (11/24/2015)
Create Partition Scheme Yearly_Date_Range_ps
As PartitionYearly_Date_Range_pf
All To ([Primary]);
Go
You're missing a space. The partition function is named Yearly_Date_Range_pf, and you left out the space between the PARTITION keyword and the name of the partition function.
A quick look at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179854.aspx, comparing their examples would have shown you that.
Gail Shaw
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