On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Rick James <rjames@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:

Some statements are incorrect...

If you PARTITION on (`x`), then `x` must be included in every UNIQUE key. That includes the PRIMARY KEY.

You do not need to PARTITION on the PK.

Yes true, but my application requires primary key on ( `id` varchar(255) NOT NULL, ) column. I cannot alter the schema.

So if i need to partition on created column then i need to put primary key as ( id,created_time ) that is not accepted because this causes duplicate records of id under different created times.

i.e i ask in my first can we partition on substring from id column.

An AUTO_INCREMENT value, say `id` must be the _first_ field in _some_ key. `id` does not have to be UNIQUE, nor does it have to be the PK. (However, if you do not have "UNIQUE(`id`)", by itself, it is possible to _explicitly_ create duplicate ids. This is not likely in normal practice.)

So, if you are partitioning on dt_dtamp, and you have id AUTO_INCREMENT, then PRIMARY KEY ( 'id','dt_dtamp') is sufficient. UNIQUE ('id') is unnecessary (and disallowed).

I don't have auto increment column in my table , my primary key is ( `id` varchar(255) NOT NULL, )

If `id` is a string, then you _could_ (in 5.5.x?) PARTITION BY RANGE(id) and specify VALUES LESS THAN...

Is the below function works in 5.5

PARTITION BY RANGE ( substring(id,9,6) ) (

-> PARTITION c0 VALUES LESS THAN ( substring('0000014-120412124227546-o-C@1469',9,6) ),

-> PARTITION c1 VALUES LESS THAN ( substring('0000014-120512124227546-o@1469',9,6) ),

Rt now not supported in 5.1.5

WHY do you want to use PARTITIONing? I ask because I find a lot of people think they want to PARTITION, yet they have not determined that there will be any benefit.

I need partitioning because three tables in my database are populated in seconds , right now size > 40 GB. We don't need data older than 15 days , right now we are deleting ( purging ) older records manually that causes fragmentation and a lot of manual effort.PFA schema of a table. So I decided to partiton on created_time column & purge records by deleting partitions but I cannot change the primary key (id) to primary key ( id,created_time) column i.e the only concern i have.

All is working fine as the proper indexes guided by you but I cannot use partitioning to solve this issue if i need to change primary key i.e i m moving to partition on substring of id column if feasible.

Any other way i can solve this issue. Thanks for your link also , it is very helpfull.

Thanks

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adarsh Sharma [mailto:eddy.adarsh@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:09 AM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: Re: Partitioning on a Substring of Varchar Column in Mysql
>
> Just update the string needed function substring(id,9,6).
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Adarsh Sharma
> <eddy.adarsh@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I created a partition on a timstamp column ( dt_dtamp ) in
> > mysql-5.1.58 testing table.But as all of us know that partitioned
> > column need to be primary key.
> > I have already id column as primary key but my application cann't
> > afford primary key ('id','dt_stamp') in a table.
> >
> > I thought & tried PRIMARY KEY ( 'id','dt_dtamp') & UNIQUE ('id')
> will
> > work but below error came :
> >
> > ERROR 1503 (HY000): A UNIQUE INDEX must include all columns in the
> > table's partitioning function
> >
> > as it is clearly mentioned in
> > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/partitioning-limitations-
> partit
> > ioning-keys-unique-keys.html
> > .
> >
> > Is it possible i can create partitioning on a substring of
> > varchar(255) ( id ) column. Below are the some contents of my id
> > column :-
> >
> > 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@86 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@87 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@88 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@89 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@90 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@91 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@92 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@93 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@94 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@95 |
> > | 0038000-120614070130414-sudoie-sudoi-C@96 |
> >
> > It includes date in it. Can i make my partitioning on string after
> > first hyphen : 120614
> >
> > Is it possible in mysql5.1.58 or may be higher versions so that i
> have
> > only primary key ('id') on my table. Need a crack for it.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >