Re: Index scan and redundant sorting

From: Daniel Fink <Daniel.Fink_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:10:29 -0700
Message-id: <403D0135.298714A2@sun.com>

Let's see if I understand correctly. For an IFS or IRS, the blocks of an index are read (in single block read mode) in the order of their existence within the tree. For an IFFS, all blocks in the segment (below the HWM) are read in order of their 'physical' existence within the segment. This is not the order of their existence within the tree, so the blocks are 'out of order'.

Dan

"Bobak, Mark" wrote:

> Dan,Only an INDEX FULL SCAN (walks the tree, does single
> block reads) provides sorted output.An INDEX FAST FULL SCAN
> (does not walk tree structure, does multi-block reads,
> discards branch blocks) does NOT provide sorted output.-Mark
>
> Mark J. Bobak
> Oracle DBA
> ProQuest Company
> Ann Arbor, MI
> "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is
> not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what
> he is." --Horace Walpole

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