RE: 9.2.0.3 online index builds resolved (we hope)

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Why not just drop and recreate the indexes nightly instead of rebuild?

An index rebuild starts with an index create. And, as we have learned, the problem is with online index create.

> Oracle provided a cool little package called DBMS_METADATA
> that allows you
> to extract the DDL from the database. If you use this package
> you don't have
> to worry about managing table/index changes as you simply extract the
> definition form the data dictionary every night.
>

Huh?!!
(feeling the air over my head, but not grabbing anything.)

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