Example:
SELECT * FROM detail partition (RECORDS_2010)
Create partition:
CREATE TABLE TEST_USER.DETAIL ( ID NUMBER, MASTER_ID NUMBER, TRANS_ID NUMBER, SERVICE VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), C_CLASS VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), C_CONDITION VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), UPLINK_DATA VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), DOWNLINK_DATA VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), NO_OCS VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), URL VARCHAR2(100 BYTE), UPLINK NUMBER, DOWNLINK NUMBER, DATUM DATE, DATUMSTR VARCHAR2(14 BYTE) ) TABLESPACE TEST_USER PCTUSED 0 PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 PARTITION BY RANGE (DATUM) ( PARTITION RECORDS_2010 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2011-01-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN')) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE TEST_USER PCTFREE 0 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE ( INITIAL 64K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS UNLIMITED BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT ), PARTITION RECORDS_2011Q1 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2011-04-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN')) LOGGING COMPRESS TABLESPACE TEST_USER PCTFREE 0 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE ( INITIAL 64K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS UNLIMITED BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT ) ) NOCOMPRESS NOCACHE NOPARALLEL MONITORING;