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Re: Index Across Tables

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:39:05 +0100
Message-ID: <3d2603e8$0$8510$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>


"Donna Yorukoglu" <dym7_at_outreach.psu.edu> wrote in message news:8ede3df2.0207051122.7529f90d_at_posting.google.com...
> I have one multi-column index (using a concatenated datastore). Works
> great. However, I would like to either create a new index on another
> table and then join the indices or create one index across both
> tables. Are either of these options possible with Oracle 8.1.7? Any
> advice would be greatly appreciated.

Joining indexes makes no sense. if you index the relevant columns then (if appropriate) oracle will use both indexes to get to the data.

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Niall Litchfield
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