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Challenge: Partitioning a table

Challenge: Partitioning a table

(upbeat music) - [Instructor] Let's consider partitioning a table by a time range. Let's imagine we create a table called sensor metrics, which has several attributes including a sensor ID, a measurement date, temperature, humidity, and pressure. Also, we want to partition the by range using measure date. Here are some definitions of partitions. Now, as you look at these, I want you to consider what might be a problem with the definitions that we have here.

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