Because the following MERGE request guarantees a single-row source relation by specifying an equality condition on the USI of target RPPI table t1, you need not specify the partitioning column set:
CREATE TABLE t1 ( a1 INTEGER, b1 INTEGER, c1 INTEGER) PRIMARY INDEX (a1) PARTITION BY b1; CREATE TABLE t2 ( a2 INTEGER, b2 INTEGER, c2 INTEGER) PRIMARY INDEX (a2), UNIQUE INDEX(b2); MERGE INTO t1 USING (SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE b2=10) AS s ON a1=1 WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET c1=c2 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (c2, b2, c2);