The storage map definition. The store-clause in a CREATE STORAGE MAP statement lets you specify which storage area files are used to store rows from the table. o All rows of a table can be associated with a single storage area. o Rows of a table can be randomly distributed among several storage areas. o Rows of a table can be systematically distributed, or partitioned, among several storage areas by specifying upper limits on the values for a column in a particular storage area. This is called horizontal partitioning. o Columns of a table can be partitioned among storage areas. This is called vertical partitioning. If you omit the storage map definition, the default is to store all the rows for a table in the default storage area. See the CREATE and IMPORT DATABASE statements for information on the default storage area.