sp_db_increased_partitions

Applies to: SQL Server

Enables or disables support for up to 15,000 partitions for the specified database.

Important

This feature will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

sp_db_increased_partitions
    [ [ @dbname = ] N'dbname' ]
    [ , [ @increased_partitions = ] 'increased_partitions' ]
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @dbname = ] N'dbname'

The name of the database. @dbname is sysname, with a default of NULL.

If @dbname isn't specified, the current database is used.

[ @increased_partitions = ] 'increased_partitions'

Enables or disables support for 15,000 partitions on the specified database. @increased_partitions is varchar(6), with a default of NULL. Accepted values are ON or TRUE to enable support, and OFF or FALSE to disable support.

If @increased_partitions isn't specified, the procedure returns 1 to indicate support is enabled for the specified database, or 0 to indicate support is disabled.

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Permissions

Requires ALTER DATABASE permission on the specified database.