Learn how to choose the optimal partitioning scheme and function for your data in SQL server. Discover key factors and best practices to improve performance and maintenance.

Creates a function in the current database that maps the rows of a table or index into partitions based on the values of a specified column. Using CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION is the first step in ...

Any one of the following permissions can be used to execute DROP PARTITION FUNCTION: ALTER ANY DATASPACE permission. This permission defaults to members of the sysadmin fixed server role and the ...