If you want to divide a table into an equal number of partitions by rowid range then you can use the following SQL. Just replace the <TABLE_NAME> with the actual table and run. When asked for input, enter the number of rows you want in each partition. 

                
1 select 
2  (CASE WHEN ( 
3     case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then ceil(rnum/&&PART) end) 
4          IS NOT NULL AND 
5            (case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
6                    ceil(rnum/&&PART) end) IS NOT NULL 
7       THEN 
8            (NVL((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then 
9                                  ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0) + 
10             NVL((case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
11                              ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0))/2 
12       ELSE 
13            (NVL((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then 
14                                  ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0) + 
15            NVL((case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
16                              ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0)) 
17       END) seq 
18  ,MAX((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 THEN b.rid end)) lrowid 
19  ,MAX((CASE WHEN mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 
20                    THEN b.rid end)) hrowid 
21  ,MAX((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 THEN b.rnum end)) lrnum 
22  ,MAX((CASE WHEN mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 
23

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                    THEN b.rnum end)) hrnum 
24  ,(MAX((CASE WHEN mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 
25                    THEN b.rnum end)) 
26  -MAX((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 THEN b.rnum end))+1) recnum 
27  from ( 
28  select rid,total,rnum from 
29  ( 
30  select rowid rid 
31  ,count(rowid) over () total 
32  ,row_number() over (order by rowid) rnum 
33  from <TABLE_NAME>
34  ) )b 
35  where b.rnum IN (1,total 
36  ,case when mod(rnum,&&PART) = 0 OR mod(rnum-1,&&PART) = 0 then rnum end) 
37  group by 
38      (CASE WHEN ( 
39        case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then ceil(rnum/&&PART) end) 
40                    IS NOT NULL AND 
41                (case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
42                                     ceil(rnum/&&PART) end) IS NOT NULL THEN 
43       ( NVL((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then 
44                                  ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0) + 
45         NVL((case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
46                              ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0))/2 
47       ELSE 
48       ( NVL((case when rnum = 1 OR mod(rnum,&&PART)= 1 then 
49                                  ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0) + 
50         NVL((case when mod(rnum,&&PART)= 0 OR mod(rnum,total) = 0 then 
51                              ceil(rnum/&&PART) end),0)) 
52       END) 
53  /

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