Binary XML

Although not a “pure” XML partitioning example, that is partitioning data on criteria within the XML document, and before I forget to mention this exercise, I would like to point out the following URL:

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2234618

This small exercise was setup based on questions / comments from a reader on this blog regarding the ”
Structured XMLIndex (Part 3) – Building Multiple XMLIndex Structures” content after heaving trouble to setup structured and unstructured local XMLIndexes.

The forum link demonstrates howto:

• Register a XML Schema for use with Binary XML storage
• Create a RANGE partitioned table with a XMLType column (Binary XML Securefile storage)
• Create a Unstructured LOCAL Partitioned XMLIndex (UXI)
• Create multiple Structured local partitioned XMLIndexes (SXI)
• Create secondary indexes on the Content Tables created by the SXI structures
• The effects of different queries and their explain plan output making use of the UXI, SXI and partitioning

HTH

This one is long overdue. There is a partition example of binary xml on this website based on Range, Hash and List partitioning, but this is, seen from a XML view, a incorrect way to do it due to the fact that the partition column is a regular one and not a virtual column as described in the Oracle XMLDB Developers Guide for 11.2. The examples given in that ppost will partition the table on the ID column but does not partition the XML based on a value/element IN the XML document. The following will.

So here, a small example, of how it can be done based on a virtual column. Be aware that you should support these virtual columns with at least an index or XMLIndex structure for performance reasons.

#993333; font-weight: bold;">CREATE #993333; font-weight: bold;">TABLE binary_part_xml #993333; font-weight: bold;">OF XMLType
  XMLTYPE STORE #993333; font-weight: bold;">AS SECUREFILE #993333; font-weight: bold;">BINARY XML
  VIRTUAL #993333; font-weight: bold;">COLUMNS
  #66cc66;">(
    LISTING_TYPE #993333; font-weight: bold;">AS #66cc66;">(XMLCast#66cc66;">(XMLQuery#66cc66;">(#ff0000;">'/LISTING/@TYPE'
         PASSING OBJECT_VALUE RETURNING CONTENT#66cc66;">) #993333; font-weight: bold;">AS VARCHAR2#66cc66;">(#cc66cc;">100#66cc66;">)#66cc66;">)#66cc66;">)
  #66cc66;">)
  PARTITION #993333; font-weight: bold;">BY LIST #66cc66;">(LISTING_TYPE#66cc66;">)
  #66cc66;">(
    PARTITION health #993333; font-weight: bold;">VALUES #66cc66;">(#ff0000;">'Health'#66cc66;">)#66cc66;">,
    PARTITION law_firms #993333; font-weight: bold;">VALUES #66cc66;">(#ff0000;">'Law Firm'#66cc66;">)
  #66cc66;">);

M.