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You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database that contains an OrderItems table. The table has the following definition: Currently, the table is not partitioned and contains no indexes. You…

The correct answer is H. Create a new partition function. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database that contains an OrderItems table. The table has the following definition:

Currently, the table is not partitioned and contains no indexes. You need to partition the table by year. What should you do?

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  • ARemove the clustered index from the table.
  • BUse the ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION ... SPLIT RANGE statement.
  • CUse the ALTER TABLEstatement to remove the COLLATEoption.
  • DExecute the DBCC CLEANTABLEcommand on the OrderItems table.
  • ECreate a new filegroup.
  • FCreate a new Filegroup.
  • GCreate a new table.
  • HCreate a new partition function.
  • JRun the following statement:

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