These functions manage partition operations on a database.
| Function | Description |
| EsbPartitionApplyOtlChangeFile() | Tells the server to apply metadata changes to files. |
| EsbPartitionApplyOtlChangeRecs() | Tells the server to apply metadata changes to records. |
| EsbPartitionCloseDefFile() | Closes the shared partition definition file. |
| EsbPartitionFreeDefCtx() | Frees memory dynamically allocated under shared partition context structures. |
| EsbPartitionFreeOtlChanges() | Frees up memory allocated by the ReadMetaChange routine. |
| EsbPartitionGetAreaCellCount() | Returns the number of cells in the specified slice string. |
| EsbPartitionGetList() | Returns a list of the partition partition definitions in which the currently selected database participates. |
| EsbPartitionGetOtlChanges() | Pulls meta data changes from a given source. |
| EsbPartitionGetReplCells() | Replicates all data cells that are identified in the replication partition from the source database to the selected target database. |
| EsbPartitionNewDefFile() | Creates and opens a new shared partition, definition file based upon input parameters supplied. |
| EsbPartitionOpenDefFile() | Opens an existing shared partition definition file. |
| EsbPartitionPurgeOtlChangeFile() | Purges meta changes made previous to the time specified with the TimeStamp parameter. |
| EsbPartitionPutReplCells() | Replicates all data cells that are identified in the replication partition from the selected source database to the target database. |
| EsbPartitionReadDefFile() | Replicates all data cells that are identified in the replication partition from the selected source database to the target database. |
| EsbPartitionReadOtlChangeFile() | Reads meta changes from a file into memory. |
| EsbPartitionReplaceDefFile() | Tells the server that a new shared partition file has been sent, which replaces any existing file for this database. |
| EsbPartitionResetOtlChangeTime() | Takes the last metadata change time from the source partition and assigns it as the last metadata change time of the destination partition. |
| EsbPartitionValidateDefinition() | Performs full validation of the specified partition definition; that is, validates the source and target parts of one partition definition. Useful during creation of a new or modification of an existing partition definition. |
| EsbPartitionValidateLocal() | Performs partial validation of all partition definitions on the specified server. Useful to ascertain the validity of partition definitions after metadata changes; for example, after database restructuring. |
| EsbPartitionWriteDefFile() | Writes the current memory version of the shared partition definition file to disk. |