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Check these articles,<br />
<a href="http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/01/25/sql-server-2005-database-table-partitioning-tutorial-how-to-horizontal-partition-database-table/" rel="ugc">http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/01/25/sql-server-2005-database-table-partitioning-tutorial-how-to-horizontal-partition-database-table/</a><br />
<a href="http://sqlandme.com/2011/08/09/sql-server-how-to-partition-an-existing-table/" rel="ugc">http://sqlandme.com/2011/08/09/sql-server-how-to-partition-an-existing-table/</a>
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Check these articles,
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/01/25/sql-server-2005-database-table-partitioning-tutorial-how-to-horizontal-partition-database-table/ [http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/01/25/sql-server-2005-database-table-partitioning-tutorial-how-to-horizontal-partition-database-table/]
http://sqlandme.com/2011/08/09/sql-server-how-to-partition-an-existing-table/ [http://sqlandme.com/2011/08/09/sql-server-how-to-partition-an-existing-table/]

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I have a SQL table that has almost 800K rows in it. Because of the performance I need to do table partition. Can someone suggest some tips on how to partition existing table. I am pretty new to partitioning and no knowledge about partitioning.
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I have a SQL table that has almost 800K rows in it. Because of the performance I need to do table partition. Can someone suggest some tips on how to partition existing table. I am pretty new to partitioning and no knowledge about partitioning.

Table partitioning in SQL

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.