New version of Partition Management Utility supports SQL2012, ColumnStore Indexes
A new version of the Partition Management Utility for SQL Server is now available on Codeplex at https://sqlpartitionmgmt.codeplex.com/ . This is a tool that helps you create necessary staging tables and indexes and associated check constraints, to support partition-switch operations against existing partitioned tables. This solves the problem of keeping staging table scripts in synch when a permanent partitioned table evolves to contain new boundary values or column attributes.
The latest version adds some significant new capabilities:
- Support for SQL Server 2012 Columnstore Indexes
- Option to create TSQL scripts for staging stables, rather than executing DDL
- Date constraints are now specified in a locale-independent format better supporting globalized deployments
- Compatible with a broader range of partitioning column types
The utility is a command line tool but it also can be integrated into an SSIS process or used to generate SQL scripts that then become part of a regular "sliding window" partition management scenario. The new version is backward-compatible with SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2.