Re: PK with no index

How can I base my primary key on an existing index?

• Dc.

coakleyj_at_hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi Doug.
> It is likely that the primary key has been disabled.
> Disabling will automatically drop the corresponding
> index (unless of course you're using Oracle 8 and you
> based your primary key on an existing index).
> Check the status field in the user_constraints table.
>
> Cheers
> Coakleyj
>
> In article <37933801.1F97257B_at_bigfoot.com>,
> Doug Cowles <dcowles_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Found a primary key constraint on a table, let's say A.
> > There are NO indexes on A. No Sys_C0439 blah blah,
> > not anything. Checked DBA_INDEXES. Nothing.
> > How can a primary key constraint exists on a table with
> > no corresponding index of any kind? Has something gone
> > kafluoey?
> >
> > - Dc.
> >
> >
>
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Received on Mon Jul 19 1999 - 14:08:42 CDT