RE: NO SORT parameter

The NOSORT option says to assume that the data was inserted into the table in already sorted -- therefore Oracle doesn't have to do a sort when creating the index. Oracle DOES check. If the data is not in sorted order than the index creation will fail.

Kevin

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> Are there any disadvantages to using NO SORT in creating an index?
> This is an index on a data warehouse table.
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> Also, somebody told me that CREATE TABLE had some sort of NO
> SORT parameter as well, but I don't see it anywhere and it doesn't
> really make sense to me. Anybody heard anything like this?
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> We are running 8.0.5 on HPUX.
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