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Re: Rebuild indexes

From: Arul Ramachandran <contactarul_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 23:06:59 -0700
Message-ID: <1c1a62990505222306532b16a2@mail.gmail.com>


Are there updates to any of the indexed columns? When an update changes at least one indexed column, it is treated as an insert ( of the new value ) and a delete ( of the old value ).
 -Arul
 On 5/22/05, Peter Dixon <peterdixon001_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I have an application where data is never deleted, I have just rebuilt an
> index which was previously 4gb in size and its now 3gb in size. Can
> anybody
> explain?
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