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Re: How many people here rebuid index regularly?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:35:50 -0700
Message-ID: <1191656138.388485@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


csn233_at_gmail.com wrote:

> 

>> I realise this would take time, but have you considered a treedump of
>> the indexes before and after the rebuild:
>>
>> alter session set evnts = 'immediate trace name treedump level <index
>> object id>';
>>
>> You should see considerable differences in the dump files for a given
>> index if the rebuild of it improves performance. And those file pairs
>> with differences would indicate the indexes upon which you should
>> concentrate your rebuild efforts.
> 
> Comparing index sizes before and after rebuild would probably reveal
> all there is to know.

Probably not. I wouldn't indicate that a huge waste of time and resources had just taken place which is what would be the end-result the majority of the time.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Sat Oct 06 2007 - 02:35:50 CDT

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