When creating a partitioned table or index, you include a partitioning clause in the CREATE TABLE statement. One exchange operation.Exchange (clear) out of target bottom-up. This chapter describes various aspects of creating and maintaining partitioned tables and indexes, and contains the following topics. The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. This article presents a simple method for partitioning an existing table using the EXCHANGE PARTITION syntax. Range Partitioning Maps data to partitions based on ranges of partition key values that you establish for each partition. This software is developed for general use in a variety of information management applications. Index is partitioned independently of data.