Oracle-L: Re: Indexing SYS tables

From: Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 08:38:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004DD756.20021001083827@fatcity.com>

You don't need "reverse" index to do: "ORDER BY TIMSTAMP DESC". Regular index should do it, even if you want it "DESC".

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:28 AM

> Hey,
>
> Anyone have any advice on indexing SYS tables? Specifically, I've been
> experimenting with putting a reverse index on the TIMESTAMP# column of
AUD$,
> since almost all of my queries against the AUD$ views end with "ORDER BY
> TIMESTAMP DESC".
>
> In 8.1.7.4.0 test DBs on HP/UX, the index -- created under a non-SYS DBA
> schema -- works great. I'm looking for pitfalls, but can't come up with
any
> of my own...
>
> TIA!
> Rich
>
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