How to Check Partition is Working or not

  • Hi All,

    In a database (partitionDB) I have created partition then I have crated table on that DB. In another database (Partitiondb_New) I have the same table but here is no partition. In both the datbases there is a table 'Orders'.

    I have used the following query to partition the database (partitionDB)

    Create PARTITION FUNCTION PFORDERDATERANGE (DATETIME)

    AS

    RANGE RIGHT FOR VALUES ('2011-05-04','2011-08-04','2011/11/04','2013/01/04','2013/04/04','2013/07/04')

    Create Partition Scheme PSOrderDateChange

    as

    Partition PFORDERDATERANGE to (FG1, FG2, FG3, FG4, FG5, FG6, [Primary])

    Create table dbo.orders

    (

    Orderid int identity (1,1) not null,

    [Orderdate] [datetime] not null,

    [Name] nvarchar (255),

    [Productid] int null,

    constraint [pk_orders] primary key clustered ( Orderid ASC, Orderdate ASC )

    ON PSOrderDateChange (OrderDate)

    )

    on PSOrderDateChange (OrderDate)

    Lastly I have checked to see which filegroups contain how may records

    select $partition.PFORDERDATERANGE (o.orderdate) as [Prtition Number],

    Min(o.orderdate) as [Min Value],

    max (o.orderdate) as [Max Value],

    Count(*) [records in Partition]

    from Orders o

    Group by $partition.PFORDERDATERANGE (o.orderdate)

    order by [Prtition Number]

    and I am getting result. to see the result and performance issue I ran a query in both the databases

    select * from dbo.Orders

    where Orderdate between '2013-01-04 00:00:00.000' and '2013-04-03 00:00:00.000'

    but in both the scenario I am getting output in 8 secs....

    then How will I use partition in my database or table?

    I am sure someone will show the right direction....

    Thanks in advance

  • Hi

    Maybe following link https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/gail-shaws-sql-server-howlers/ will enclear some things to you.

    Igor Micev,My blog: www.igormicev.com

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