Can you partition a table in SQL with SQL 2008 or SQL 2008 R2? Do you need enterprise edition to get partitioning? I can’t find a definate answer. I did see in this white paper it says “Table partitioning was introduced in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition and enhanced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise” which to me seems like I need enterprise but all of the articles I find don’t mention it as a requirement.
since my management studio doesn’t give me any options I have to assume that I DO need enterprise but I wanted to be sure.
This should cleear it up. You do need the enterprise edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/enterprise-compare-editions.aspx
For 2008 specifically you can click the detailed link at the bottom of this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/compare-std-ent.aspx