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Re: Is there such thing as row migration for indexes?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:27:08 -0800
Message-ID: <1069918056.576852@yasure>


Jeffrey Yee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if row migration can exist for indexes. Since we can
> specify pctfree, I would assume this is possible. If so, I wonder how
> I can check for row migration in indexes, since the dba_indexes does
> not have the row_chain column, which is populated when analyze.
>
> Please advice. Thank you.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Jeffrey Yee

Go to http://tahiti.oracle.com and look up PCTFREE and INDEX.

Also spend a bit of time with a book explaining what a B*Tree index is, its structure, and how it works.

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