13.3.1 Table row partitioning

Dividing a table and storing it in multiple user RDAREAs is called table row partitioning. A table partitioned by rows is called a row-partitioned table.

The RDAREAs used to store a row-partitioned table must be on different disks.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Criteria
(2) Definition procedure

(1) Criteria

You should employ table row partitioning in the following circumstances:

(2) Definition procedure

You define table row partitioning with the CREATE TABLE definition SQL statement. For details about how to define the table row partitioning, see 7.2 Creating a row partitioned table.