partition Q4 values less than (TO_DATE('01-JAN-2000','DD-MON-YYYY'))
)
;
Table created.
SQL> create index orders_global_1_idx
on orders(ord_date)
global partition by range (ord_date)
(partition GLOBAL1 values less than (TO_DATE('01-APR-1999','DD-MON-YYYY')),
partition GLOBAL2 values less than (TO_DATE('01-JUL-1999','DD-MON-YYYY')),
partition GLOBAL3 values less than (TO_DATE('01-OCT-1999','DD-MON-YYYY')),
partition GLOBAL4 values less than (MAXVALUE)
)
;
Index created.
SQL> create index orders_global_2_idx
on orders(part_no)
global partition by range (part_no)
(partition IND1 values less than (555555),
partition IND2 values less than (MAXVALUE)
)
;
Index created.
从上面的语句可以看出，全局索引和表没有直接的关联，必须显式的指定maxvalue值。假如表中新加了分区，不会在全局索引中自动增加新的分区，必须手工添加相应的分区。
SQL> alter table orders add partition Q5 values less than (TO_DATE('01-APR-2000','DD-MON-YYYY'));
Table altered.
SQL> select TABLE_NAME, PARTITION_NAME from dba_tab_partitions where table_name='ORDERS';
TABLE_NAME PARTITION_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ORDERS Q1
ORDERS Q2
ORDERS Q3
ORDERS Q4
ORDERS Q5
SQL> select INDEX_NAME, PARTITION_NAME from dba_ind_partitions where index_name=upper('orders_global_1_idx');
INDEX_NAME PARTITION_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ORDERS_GLOBAL_1_IDX GLOBAL1
ORDERS_GLOBAL_1_IDX GLOBAL2
ORDERS_GLOBAL_1_IDX GLOBAL3
ORDERS_GLOBAL_1_IDX GLOBAL4
使用全局索引，索引键值必须和分区键值相同，这就是所谓的前缀索引。Oracle不支持非前缀的全局分区索引，如果需要建立非前缀分区索引，索引必须建成本地索引。
SQL> create index orders_global_2_idx
2 on orders(part_no)
3 global partition by range (order_no)
4 (partition IND1 values less than (555555),
5 partition IND2 values less than (MAXVALUE)
6 )
7 ;
global partition by range (order_no)
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-14038: GLOBAL partitioned index must be prefixed
接下来再来看看本地分区。
本地索引的分区和其对应的表分区数量相等，因此每个表分区都对应着相应的索引分区。使用本地索引，不需要指定分区范围因为索引对于表而言是本地的，当本地索引创建时，Oracle会自动为表中的每个分区创建独立的索引分区。
创建本地索引不必显式的指定maxvalue值，因为为表新添加表分区时，会自动添加相应的索引分区。
create index orders_local_1_idx
on orders(ord_date)
local
(partition LOCAL1,
partition LOCAL2,
partition LOCAL3,
partition LOCAL4
)
;
Index created.
SQL> select INDEX_NAME, PARTITION_NAME from dba_ind_partitions where index_name=upper('orders_local_1_idx');
INDEX_NAME PARTITION_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL1
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL2
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL3
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL4
SQL> alter table orders add partition Q5 values less than (TO_DATE('01-APR-2000','DD-MON-YYYY'));
Table altered.
SQL> select INDEX_NAME, PARTITION_NAME from dba_ind_partitions where index_name=upper('orders_local_1_idx');
INDEX_NAME PARTITION_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL1
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL2
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL3
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX LOCAL4
ORDERS_LOCAL_1_IDX Q5
这里系统已经自动以和表分区相同的名字自动创建了一个索引分区。同理，删除表分区时相对应的索引分区也自动被删除。
本地索引和全局索引还有一个显著的差别，就是上面提到的，本地索引可以创建成本地非前缀型，而全局索引只能是前缀型。
SQL> create index orders_local_2_idx
on orders(part_no)
local
(partition LOCAL1,
partition LOCAL2,
partition LOCAL3,
partition LOCAL4)
;
Index created.
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