Question

I Use SQL Server 2008 R2 and want to partitioning Master table and Detail table together. How can I partitioning Detail table by MasterTypeID field in Master table.

My Partition Function is :

CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION MasterTypeFN(int)
AS 
RANGE LEFT FOR VALUES (1,2,3)

My Partition Schema is :

CREATE PARTITION SCHEME MasterTypeScheme 
AS 
PARTITION MasterTypeFN 
TO ([FG1], [FG2], [FG3], [PRIMARY])

My Master Table Structure is :

CREATE TABLE [dbo].Master  
(
   [MasterID] [int] NOT NULL,
   [MasterTypeID] [int] NOT NULL,
   ...
) 
ON MasterTypeScheme (MasterTypeID)

My Detail Table Structure is :

CREATE TABLE [dbo].Detail
(
   [DetailID] [int] NOT NULL,
   [MasterID] [int] NOT NULL,
   ...
) 

I want to Partitioning Detail table with regard to master partition. In other word I want to save Master table record and related details in one filegroup.

Answer 1

You should define MasterTypeID column in Detail table and define permission on it to disable update this column. and create trigger on Master table to sync MasterTypeID column in Master table with MasterTypeID column in Detail table.