这种安置是由一个内部的哈希函数决定的，该函数接受定义为分区键的列内的值并返回数据库分区号。

The placement is determined by an internal hashing function that takes the values in the column or columns defined as a partitioning key and returns the database partition number.

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And I originally decided I was going to have as points, it's going to have internal values of an x and a y.

写了一堆代码,然后我以开始决定，是要把值放到点里面的,点有内部的x坐标和y坐标。

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