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Re: Indexes on columns < 1000 rows

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:10:35 -0700
Message-ID: <1116900369.788070@yasure>


Thiko! wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a table with a unique concatenated index on 2 of its NUMBER
> datatype columns. The table only consists of these two columns.
>
> At the moment the table only has 493 rows in it. Ive heard only to put
> indexes on large tables, with more than 1000 rows in it to improve
> perforce. Otherwise indexes can be an overhead.
>
> Many thanks for any advice!
>
> Thiko!

Rebuild the table as an IOT and the entire problem goes away.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Mon May 23 2005 - 21:10:35 CDT

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