Showing Interval Partitons Code in DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL

-- If you want to display the system generated partitions as part of the CREATE TABLE DDL, then set the EXPORT parameter of the dbms_metadata to true.

-- The default behavior of "DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL" is that it does not show Interval Partitions created by the system for interval partitioned tables and indexes.

-- In the case of Interval Partitioning, New Partitions are created automatically when corresponding row is inserted.  This newly created partition information will be displayed in "DBA_TAB_PARTITIONS" dictionary view. However when the DDL is queried using function "DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL", then this information is not shown.


Demo:  (Following was tested on the Oracle 12c, and it should be valid for Oracle 11g too.)

-- Create table with interval partition.

CREATE TABLE mytabwithInterval
(mydate DATE,
 mynum NUMBER)
PARTITION BY RANGE (mydate) INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH'))
 (PARTITION P_20150301  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN')));


-- Insert some data to generate interval partitions.

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-01-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),1);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-02-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),2);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-03-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),3);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-04-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),3);
COMMIT;

-- check partition information in dictionary table

col partition_name format a20
select partition_name from user_tab_partitions where table_name='MYTABWITHINTERVAL';


-- To see default behavior of dbms_metadata:


set long 100000
set pagesize 50
col DDL format a120

SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE' ,'MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS') FROM DUAL;


-- To see it with export option:


exec dbms_metadata.set_transform_param(dbms_metadata.SESSION_TRANSFORM,'EXPORT',true);
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE' ,'MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS') FROM DUAL;


OUTPUT:


Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> set lines 181
SQL> set pages 100
SQL> CREATE TABLE mytabwithInterval
(mydate DATE,
 mynum NUMBER)
PARTITION BY RANGE (mydate) INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH'))
 (PARTITION P_20150301  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN')));
  2    3    4    5 
Table created.

SQL> INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-01-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),1);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-02-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),2);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-03-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),3);

INSERT INTO mytabwithInterval VALUES (TO_DATE('2015-04-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD'),3);
COMMIT;
1 row created.

SQL> SQL>
1 row created.

SQL> SQL>
1 row created.

SQL> SQL>
1 row created.

SQL>

Commit complete.

SQL> col partition_name format a20
select partition_name from user_tab_partitions where table_name='MYTABWITHINTERVAL';SQL>

PARTITION_NAME
--------------------
P_20150301
SYS_P561
SYS_P562

SQL>


SQL>
SQL>
SQL> set long 100000
set pagesize 50
col DDL format a120

SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE' ,'MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS') FROM DUAL;
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE TABLE "SYS"."MYTABWITHINTERVAL"
   (    "MYDATE" DATE,
    "MYNUM" NUMBER
   ) PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
  STORAGE(
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM"
  PARTITION BY RANGE ("MYDATE") INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH'))
 (PARTITION "P_20150301"  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYY
YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
  PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
  STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
  PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM" )


SQL> SQL> exec dbms_metadata.set_transform_param(dbms_metadata.SESSION_TRANSFORM,'EXPORT',true);
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE' ,'MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS') FROM DUAL;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','MYTABWITHINTERVAL','SYS')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE TABLE "SYS"."MYTABWITHINTERVAL"
   (    "MYDATE" DATE,
    "MYNUM" NUMBER
   ) PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
  STORAGE(
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM"
  PARTITION BY RANGE ("MYDATE") INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH')) TRANSITION
 ("P_20150301")
 (PARTITION "P_20150301"  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYY
YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
  PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
  STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
  PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM" ,
 PARTITION "SYS_P561"  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-04-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-
MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
  PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
  STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
  PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM" ,
 PARTITION "SYS_P562"  VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2015-05-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-
MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
  PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
  STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
  PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1
  BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT)
  TABLESPACE "SYSTEM" )

Enjoy!!!