Oracle的分区技术在某些条件下可以极大的提高查询的性能，所以被广泛采用。从产品上说，分区技术是Oracle企业版中独立收费的一个组件。以下是对于分区及本地索引的一个示例。
1、首先根据字典表创建一个测试分区表：
SQL> connect eygle/eygle
Connected.
SQL> CREATE TABLE dbobjs
2 (OBJECT_ID NUMBER NOT NULL,
3 OBJECT_NAME varchar2(128)，
4 CREATED DATE NOT NULL
5 )
6 PARTITION BY RANGE (CREATED)
7 (PARTITION dbobjs_06 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01/01/2007', 'DD/MM/YYYY'))，
8 PARTITION dbobjs_07 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01/01/2008', 'DD/MM/YYYY')));
Table created.
SQL> COL segment_name for a20
SQL> COL PARTITION_NAME for a20
SQL> SELECT segment_name, partition_name, tablespace_name
2 FROM dba_segments
3 WHERE segment_name = 'DBOBJS';
SEGMENT_NAME PARTITION_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME
-------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------
DBOBJS DBOBJS_06 EYGLE
DBOBJS DBOBJS_07 EYGLE
2、创建一个Local索引，注意这里可以将不同分区的索引指定创建到不同的表空间：
SQL> CREATE INDEX dbobjs_idx ON dbobjs (created) LOCAL
2 (PARTITION dbobjs_06 TABLESPACE users,
3 PARTITION dbobjs_07 TABLESPACE users
4 );
Index created.
3、这个子句可以进一步调整为类似：
CREATE INDEX dbobjs_idx ON dbobjs (created) LOCAL
(PARTITION dbobjs_06 TABLESPACE users,
PARTITION dbobjs_07 TABLESPACE users
) TABLESPACE users;
4、通过统一的tablespace子句为索引指定表空间。
SQL> COL segment_name for a20
SQL> COL PARTITION_NAME for a20
SQL> SELECT segment_name, partition_name, tablespace_name
2 FROM dba_segments
3 WHERE segment_name = 'DBOBJS_IDX';
SEGMENT_NAME PARTITION_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME
-------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------
DBOBJS_IDX DBOBJS_06 USERS
DBOBJS_IDX DBOBJS_07 USERS
SQL> insert into dbobjs
2 select object_id,object_name,created
3 from dba_objects where created
6227 rows created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select count(*) from dbobjs partition (DBOBJS_06);
COUNT(*)
----------
6154
SQL> select count(*) from dbobjs partition (dbobjs_07);
COUNT(*)
----------
73
5、我们可以通过查询来对比一下分区表和非分区表的查询性能差异：
SQL> set autotrace on
SQL> select count(*) from dbobjs where created < to_date('01/01/2008','dd/mm/yyyy');
COUNT(*)
----------
6227
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
0 SELECT STATEMENT ptimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=9)
1 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
2 1 PARTITION RANGE (ALL)
3 2 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'DBOBJS_IDX' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=2 Card=8 Bytes=72)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
25 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
380 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
503 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed
SQL> select count(*) from dbobjs where created < to_date('01/01/2007','dd/mm/yyyy');
COUNT(*)
----------
6154
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
0 SELECT STATEMENT ptimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=9)
1 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
2 1 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'DBOBJS_IDX' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=2 Card=4 Bytes=36)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
24 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
380 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
503 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed
SQL> select count(distinct(object_name)) from dbobjs where created < to_date('01/01/2007','dd/mm/yyyy');
COUNT(DISTINCT(OBJECT_NAME))
----------------------------
4753
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
0 SELECT STATEMENT ptimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=75)
1 0 SORT (GROUP BY)
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID) OF 'DBOBJS' (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=300)
3 2 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'DBOBJS_IDX' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=2 Card=1)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
101 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
400 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
503 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed
6、对于非分区表的测试：
SQL> CREATE TABLE dbobjs2
2 (object_id NUMBER NOT NULL,
3 object_name VARCHAR2(128)，
4 created DATE NOT NULL
5 );
Table created.
SQL> CREATE INDEX dbobjs_idx2 ON dbobjs2 (created);
Index created.
SQL> insert into dbobjs2
2 select object_id,object_name,created
3 from dba_objects where created
6227 rows created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select count(distinct(object_name)) from dbobjs2 where created < to_date('01/01/2007','dd/mm/yyyy');
COUNT(DISTINCT(OBJECT_NAME))
----------------------------
4753
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
0 SELECT STATEMENT ptimizer=CHOOSE
1 0 SORT (GROUP BY)
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'DBOBJS2'
3 2 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'DBOBJS_IDX2' (NON-UNIQUE)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
2670 consistent gets
0 physical reads
1332 redo size
400 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
503 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed
7、当增加表分区时，LOCAL索引被自动维护：
SQL> ALTER TABLE dbobjs
2 ADD PARTITION dbobjs_08 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01/01/2009', 'DD/MM/YYYY'));
Table altered.
SQL> set autotrace off
SQL> COL segment_name for a20
SQL> COL PARTITION_NAME for a20
SQL> SELECT segment_name, partition_name, tablespace_name
2 FROM dba_segments
3 WHERE segment_name = 'DBOBJS_IDX';
SEGMENT_NAME PARTITION_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME
-------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------
DBOBJS_IDX DBOBJS_06 USERS
DBOBJS_IDX DBOBJS_07 USERS
DBOBJS_IDX DBOBJS_08 EYGLE
SQL> SELECT segment_name, partition_name, tablespace_name
2 FROM dba_segments
3 WHERE segment_name = 'DBOBJS';
SEGMENT_NAME PARTITION_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME
-------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------
DBOBJS DBOBJS_06 EYGLE
DBOBJS DBOBJS_07 EYGLE
DBOBJS DBOBJS_08 EYGLE