Oracle-L: RE: last used time of an index ??

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 06:19:38 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0053E7EE.20030130061938@fatcity.com>

Prem

That is a 9i feature. One way in 8i is to regularly sample the SQL in the buffers, run explain plan on it, and scan the results for that specific index name. Another way is to drop the index and see if anyone complains ;-)

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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guys,

can i find out the time when an index was last used ....in Ver 8.1.6 ?

Regards,
Prem Khanna J.

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