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Re: Index

From: Ajay K <ajay_at_tems.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:43:51 -0600
Message-Id: <10696.123352@fatcity.com>


Sonia ,
is null and is not null clause are your problems.

-Ajay

> Hello,
> I have a table with 5 columns and also have 5 views
> based on these columns.
>
> Views basically do a
>
> select count(*), test from mytest
> where test is null
> group by test
> or
> select count(*), test from mytest
> where test is not null
> group by test
>
> Explain plan shows the same path (FULL TABLE ACCESS)
> before and after creating index on the column test.
> The tabe has less than 100 rows and that might be the
> reason for full table access or is it something else I
> might be missing.
>
> Query Plan
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------



> SELECT STATEMENT Cost =
> SORT GROUP BY
> TABLE ACCESS FULL MYTEST 1
>
> Thanks
> Sonia P.
>
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