Use the CREATE_EXTERNAL_TABLE procedure with the format option Strict Column Order
- Services: Autonomous Database Serverless
- Release Date: September 30, 2025
Use the DBMS_CLOUD.CREATE_EXTERNAL_TABLE procedure to create
implicit partitioned external tables.
By passing the appropriate options to this procedure, the partitions are derived from the
source data. The partitioned external tables support runtime discovery of partition
columns and their values. Runtime discovery of changes in the underlying object store
structure, such as adding or removing objects, simplifies the maintenance process by
eliminating the need for additional synchronization procedures required by
DBMS_CLOUD.CREATE_EXTERNAL_PART_TABLE. This ensures that the data
is up to date at query runtime.
See Query External Tables with Implicit Partitioning for more information.