Re: Is it possible to look at the entries of the index file?

"Ariel Burbaickij" <ariel.burbaickij_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:3058f9b4.0410192323.3bae290d_at_posting.google.com...
> "Ana C. Dent" <anacedent_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> ariel.burbaickij_at_gmail.com (Ariel Burbaickij) wrote in
>> news:3058f9b4.0410191221.7085de_at_posting.google.com:
>>
>> > Hello dear newsgroup particpants,
>> > I would like to take a look at what is exactly is stores in B-Tree
>> > index of Oracle. Is there a way to do it?
>> >
>>
>> There is more than one way. The *nix command "od" will show the contents
>> of
>> any file.
>>
>> What are you expecting to "see" within the index?
>
> Preferably, the structure. Contents of all leafs, how leafs are
> interrelated etc.

http://julian.dyke.users.btopenworld.com/Oracle/Diagnostics/Dumps/TREEDUMP.html

will likely give you a good start.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
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