# Specifying placement rules

+ To specify placement rules, first create a placement policy using `CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY`:

```
CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY myplacementpolicy PRIMARY_REGION="us-east-1" REGIONS="us-east-1,us-west-1";
```

+ You can attach the policy to a table or partition using either `CREATE TABLE` or `ALTER TABLE`. 
```
CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) PLACEMENT POLICY=myplacementpolicy;
CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT);
ALTER TABLE t2 PLACEMENT POLICY=myplacementpolicy;
```
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