Partitioned database system

Implementations of a partitioned database system and a method of using a database system are disclosed. One system implementation includes storage facilities. Each storage facility includes data from database table rows. The database table rows in each storage facility that correspond to a specific database table are logically ordered according to a row identifier (row ID). The row ID includes a first value that is based on one or more columns of the table. The row ID also includes a second value that is based on one or more columns of the table, which may be different from or the same as those on which the first value is based. The first value of the row ID is predominate in determining the order of the rows in the storage facilities. The second value determines the order of those rows with identical first values.