DRAG DROP
You have a SQL Server 2012 database named DB1. DB1 contains four filegroups named
FG1, FG2, FG3, and FG4. You execute the following code:
Two million rows are added to dbo.Sales.
You need to move the data from the first partition to a new table named SalesHistory and,
starting on December 31, 2012, repartition dbo.Sales to support new sales data for three
months.
Which code segment should you execute?
To answer, move the appropriate code segments from the list of code segments to the
answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Answer: See the explanation
Explanation:
Box 2: ALTER TABLE Sales SWITCH 1 to SalesHistory;
Box 3:Note:
* Box 1 – Box 2:
/ You need to move the data from the first partition to a new table named SalesHistory.
/ First create the new table, then move the contents of the first partition.
*( Box 3 Box 4) Drop the partition scheme and then the partition function and the recreate
them (box 5-box6). First recreate the partition function.
/You need, starting on December 31, 2012, repartition dbo.Sales to support new sales data
for three months.
/ A partition function can be dropped only if there are no partition schemes currently using
the partition function. If there are partition schemes using the partition function, DROP
PARTITION FUNCTION returns an error.