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

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:48:36 -0700
Message-ID: <1098251265.132671@yasure>

Ana C. Dent wrote:

> 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?

Wouldn't a block dump be little more user friendly?

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Received on Wed Oct 20 2004 - 00:48:36 CDT