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Re: stupid question about indexes and partitions

From: <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 09:36:31 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0031E4DC.20010606081724@fatcity.com>

><html><DIV>Ok i have a table range partitioned on date.</DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>I have prefixed local indexes also.&nbsp; so far so good.</DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>I created an index, non partitioned, using simple </DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>create index index_name on table(field20);</DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>Is that now assumed to be a global index?</DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>I can't find any docs to say one way or the other.</DIV>
><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV>thanks, joe</DIV>
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Joe,

  As far as I understand, an index is global if it cannot be partitioned along the same lines as the data. In other words, if its first columns do not match the partition key. My ideas are still unclear about how it goes with hash partitioning.

HTH, S Faroult
Oriole Corporation

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