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Purpose
Use the CREATE
INDEX
statement to create an index on:
One or more columns of a table, a partitioned table, an index-organized table, or a cluster
One or more scalar typed object attributes of a table or a cluster
A nested table storage table for indexing a nested table column
An index is a schema object that contains an entry for each value that appears in the indexed column(s) of the table or cluster and provides direct, fast access to rows. Oracle Database supports several types of index:
Normal indexes. (By default, Oracle Database creates B-tree indexes.)
Bitmap indexes, which store rowids associated with a key value as a bitmap
Partitioned indexes, which consist of partitions containing an entry for each value that appears in the indexed column(s) of the table
Function-based indexes, which are based on expressions. They enable you to construct queries that evaluate the value returned by an expression, which in turn may include built-in or user-defined functions.
Domain indexes, which are instances of an application-specific index of type indextype
See Also:
Oracle Database Concepts for a discussion of indexes
Additional Topics
Prerequisites
To create an index in your own schema, one of the following conditions must be true:
The table or cluster to be indexed must be in your own schema.
You must have the INDEX
object privilege on the table to be indexed.
You must have the CREATE
ANY
INDEX
system privilege.
To create an index in another schema, you must have the CREATE
ANY
INDEX
system privilege. Also, the owner of the schema to contain the index must have either the UNLIMITED
TABLESPACE
system privilege or space quota on the tablespaces to contain the index or index partitions.
To create a domain index in your own schema, in addition to the prerequisites for creating a conventional index, you must also have the EXECUTE
object privilege on the indextype. If you are creating a domain index in another user's schema, then the index owner also must have the EXECUTE
object privilege on the indextype and its underlying implementation type. Before creating a domain index, you should first define the indextype.
To create a function-based index, in addition to the prerequisites for creating a conventional index, if the index is based on user-defined functions, then those functions must be marked DETERMINISTIC
. Also, you must have the EXECUTE
object privilege on any user-defined function(s) used in the function-based index if those functions are owned by another user.
See Also:
CREATE INDEXTYPESyntax
create_index::=
(local_partitioned_index ::=, index_attributes::=)
index_expr::=
index_properties::=
(global_partitioned_index ::=, local_partitioned_index ::=, index_attributes::=, domain_index_clause ::=)
(physical_attributes_clause ::=, logging_clause::=, key_compression=, parallel_clause::=)
physical_attributes_clause ::=
(index_partitioning_clause::=, individual_hash_partitions::=, hash_partitions_by_quantity::=)
individual_hash_partitions::=
(partitioning_storage_clause::=)
partitioning_storage_clause::=
hash_partitions_by_quantity::=
index_partitioning_clause::=
(segment_attributes_clause::=)
(on_range_partitioned_table ::=, on_list_partitioned_table::=, on_hash_partitioned_table ::=, on_comp_partitioned_table ::=)
on_range_partitioned_table ::=
(segment_attributes_clause::=)
(segment_attributes_clause::=)
segment_attributes_clause::=
(physical_attributes_clause ::=, logging_clause::=
(segment_attributes_clause::=, index_subpartition_clause::=)
parallel_clause::=
Semantics
Specify UNIQUE
to indicate that the value of the column (or columns) upon which the index is based must be unique.
Restrictions on Unique Indexes Unique indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
You cannot specify both UNIQUE
and BITMAP
.
You cannot specify UNIQUE
for a domain index.
See Also:
"Unique Constraints" for information on the conditions that satisfy a unique constraintSpecify BITMAP
to indicate that index
is to be created with a bitmap for each distinct key, rather than indexing each row separately. Bitmap indexes store the rowids associated with a key value as a bitmap. Each bit in the bitmap corresponds to a possible rowid. If the bit is set, then it means that the row with the corresponding rowid contains the key value. The internal representation of bitmaps is best suited for applications with low levels of concurrent transactions, such as data warehousing.
Note:
Oracle does not index table rows in which all key columns are null except in the case of bitmap indexes. Therefore, if you want an index on all rows of a table, then you must either specifyNOT
NULL
constraints for the index key columns or create a bitmap index.Restrictions on Bitmap Indexes Bitmap indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
You cannot specify BITMAP
when creating a global partitioned index.
You cannot create a bitmap secondary index on an index-organized table unless the index-organized table has a mapping table associated with it.
You cannot specify both UNIQUE
and BITMAP
.
You cannot specify BITMAP
for a domain index.
See Also:
Oracle Database Concepts and Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide for more information about using bitmap indexes
CREATE TABLE for information on mapping tables
schema
Specify the schema to contain the index. If you omit schema
, then Oracle Database creates the index in your own schema.
index
Specify the name of the index to be created.
Use the cluster_index_clause
to identify the cluster for which a cluster index is to be created. If you do not qualify cluster with schema
, then Oracle Database assumes the cluster is in your current schema. You cannot create a cluster index for a hash cluster.
Specify the table on which you are defining the index. If you do not qualify table
with schema
, then Oracle Database assumes the table is contained in your own schema.
You create an index on a nested table column by creating the index on the nested table storage table. Include the NESTED_TABLE_ID
pseudocolumn of the storage table to create a UNIQUE
index, which effectively ensures that the rows of a nested table value are distinct.
See Also:
"Indexes on Nested Tables: Example"You can perform DDL operations (such as ALTER
TABLE
, DROP
TABLE
, CREATE
INDEX
) on a temporary table only when no session is bound to it. A session becomes bound to a temporary table by performing an INSERT
operation on the table. A session becomes unbound to the temporary table by issuing a TRUNCATE
statement or at session termination, or, for a transaction-specific temporary table, by issuing a COMMIT
or ROLLBACK
statement.
Restrictions on the table_index_clause This clause is subject to the following restrictions:
If index
is locally partitioned, then table
must be partitioned.
If table
is index-organized, this statement creates a secondary index. The index contains the index key and the logical rowid of the index-organized table. The logical rowid excludes columns that are also part of the index key. You cannot specify REVERSE
for this secondary index, and the combined size of the index key and the logical rowid should be less than the block size.
If table
is a temporary table, then index
will also be temporary with the same scope (session or transaction) as table
. The following restrictions apply to indexes on temporary tables:
The only part of index_properties
you can specify is index_attributes
.
Within index_attributes
, you cannot specify the physical_attributes_clause
, the parallel_clause
, the logging_clause
, or TABLESPACE
.
You cannot create a domain index on a temporary table.
Specify a correlation name (alias) for the table upon which you are building the index.
Note:
This alias is required if theindex_expr
references any object type attributes or object type methods. See "Creating a Function-based Index on a Type Method: Example" and "Indexing on Substitutable Columns: Examples".For index_expr
, specify the column or column expression upon which the index is based.
column Specify the name of one or more columns in the table. A bitmap index can have a maximum of 30 columns. Other indexes can have as many as 32 columns. These columns define the index key.
If the index is local nonprefixed (see local_partitioned_index ), then the index key must contain the partitioning key.
You can create an index on a scalar object attribute column or on the system-defined NESTED_TABLE_ID
column of the nested table storage table. If you specify an object attribute column, then the column name must be qualified with the table name. If you specify a nested table column attribute, then it must be qualified with the outermost table name, the containing column name, and all intermediate attribute names leading to the nested table column attribute.
Restriction on Index Columns You cannot create an index on columns or attributes whose type is user-defined, LONG
, LONG
RAW
, LOB, or REF
, except that Oracle Database supports an index on REF
type columns or attributes that have been defined with a SCOPE
clause.
column_expression Specify an expression built from columns of table
, constants, SQL functions, and user-defined functions. When you specify column_expression
, you create a function-based index.
See Also:
"Notes on Function-based Indexes", "Restrictions on Function-based Indexes", and "Function-Based Index Examples"Name resolution of the function is based on the schema of the index creator. User-defined functions used in column_expression
are fully name resolved during the CREATE
INDEX
operation.
After creating a function-based index, collect statistics on both the index and its base table using the DBMS_STATS
package. Such statistics will enable Oracle Database to correctly decide when to use the index.
Function-based unique indexes can be useful in defining a conditional unique constraint on a column or combination of columns. Please refer to "Using a Function-based Index to Define Conditional Uniqueness: Example" for an example.
Notes on Function-based Indexes The following notes apply to function-based indexes:
When you subsequently query a table that uses a function-based index, you must ensure in the query that is not null. However, Oracle Database will use a function-based index in a query even if the columns specified in the WHERE
clause are in a different order than their order in the column_expression
that defined the function-based index.
See Also:
"Function-Based Index Examples"If the function on which the index is based becomes invalid or is dropped, then Oracle Database marks the index DISABLED
. Queries on a DISABLED
index fail if the optimizer chooses to use the index. DML operations on a DISABLED
index fail unless the index is also marked UNUSABLE
and the parameter SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES
is set to true
. Please refer to ALTER SESSION for more information on this parameter.
If a public synonym for a function, package, or type is used in column_expression
, and later an actual object with the same name is created in the table owner's schema, then Oracle Database disables the function-based index. When you subsequently enable the function-based index using ALTER
INDEX
... ENABLE
or ALTER
INDEX
... REBUILD
, the function, package, or type used in the column_expression
continues to resolve to the function, package, or type to which the public synonym originally pointed. It will not resolve to the new function, package, or type.
If the definition of a function-based index generates internal conversion to character data, then use caution when changing NLS parameter settings. Function-based indexes use the current database settings for NLS parameters. If you reset these parameters at the session level, then queries using the function-based index may return incorrect results. Two exceptions are the collation parameters (NLS_SORT
and NLS_COMP
). Oracle Database handles the conversions correctly even if these have been reset at the session level.
Restrictions on Function-based Indexes Function-based indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
The value returned by the function referenced in column_expression
is subject to the same restrictions as are the index columns of a B-tree index. Please refer to "Restriction on Index Columns".
Any user-defined function referenced in column_expression
must be declared as DETERMINISTIC
.
For a function-based globally partitioned index, the column_expression
cannot be the partitioning key.
The column_expression
can be any form of expression except a scalar subquery expression.
All functions must be specified with parentheses, even if they have no parameters. Otherwise Oracle Database interprets them as column names.
Any function you specify in column_expression
must return a repeatable value. For example, you cannot specify the SYSDATE
or USER
function or the ROWNUM
pseudocolumn.
The column_expression
cannot contain any aggregate functions.
Use ASC
or DESC
to indicate whether the index should be created in ascending or descending order. Indexes on character data are created in ascending or descending order of the character values in the database character set.
Oracle Database treats descending indexes as if they were function-based indexes. As with other function-based indexes, the database does not use descending indexes until you first analyze the index and the table on which the index is defined. See the column_expression clause of this statement.
Ascending unique indexes allow multiple NULL
values. However, in descending unique indexes, multiple NULL
values are treated as duplicate values and therefore are not permitted.
Restriction on Ascending and Descending Indexes You cannot specify either of these clauses for a domain index. You cannot specify DESC
for a reverse index. Oracle Database ignores DESC
if index
is bitmapped or if the COMPATIBLE
initialization parameter is set to a value less than 8.1.0.
index_attributes
Specify the optional index attributes.
physical_attributes_clause Use the physical_attributes_clause
to establish values for physical and storage characteristics for the index.
If you omit this clause, then Oracle Database sets PCTFREE
to 10 and INITRANS
to 2.
Restriction on Index Physical Attributes You cannot specify the PCTUSED
parameter for an index.
TABLESPACE For tablespace
, specify the name of the tablespace to hold the index, index partition, or index subpartition. If you omit this clause, then Oracle Database creates the index in the default tablespace of the owner of the schema containing the index.
For a local index, you can specify the keyword DEFAULT
in place of tablespace
. New partitions or subpartitions added to the local index will be created in the same tablespace(s) as the corresponding partitions or subpartitions of the underlying table.
key_compression Specify COMPRESS
to enable key compression, which eliminates repeated occurrence of key column values and may substantially reduce storage. Use integer
to specify the prefix length (number of prefix columns to compress).
For unique indexes, the valid range of prefix length values is from 1 to the number of key columns minus 1. The default prefix length is the number of key columns minus 1.
For nonunique indexes, the valid range of prefix length values is from 1 to the number of key columns. The default prefix length is the number of key columns.
Oracle Database compresses only nonpartitioned indexes that are nonunique or unique indexes of at least two columns.
Restriction on Key Compression You cannot specify COMPRESS
for a bitmap index.
See Also:
"Compressing an Index: Example"NOCOMPRESS Specify NOCOMPRESS
to disable key compression. This is the default.
SORT | NOSORT By default, Oracle Database sorts indexes in ascending order when it creates the index. You can specify NOSORT
to indicate to the database that the rows are already stored in the database in ascending order, so that Oracle Database does not have to sort the rows when creating the index. If the rows of the indexed column or columns are not stored in ascending order, then the database returns an error. For greatest savings of sort time and space, use this clause immediately after the initial load of rows into a table. If you specify neither of these keywords, then SORT
is the default.
Restrictions on NOSORT This parameter is subject to the following restrictions:
You cannot specify REVERSE
with this clause.
You cannot use this clause to create a cluster index partitioned or bitmap index.
You cannot specify this clause for a secondary index on an index-organized table.
REVERSE Specify REVERSE
to store the bytes of the index block in reverse order, excluding the rowid.
Restrictions on Reverse Indexes Reverse indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
You cannot specify NOSORT
with this clause.
You cannot reverse a bitmap index or an index on an index-organized table.
logging_clause Specify whether the creation of the index will be logged (LOGGING
) or not logged (NOLOGGING
) in the redo log file. This setting also determines whether subsequent Direct Loader (SQL*Loader) and direct-path INSERT
operations against the index are logged or not logged. LOGGING
is the default.
If index
is nonpartitioned, then this clause specifies the logging attribute of the index.
If index
is partitioned, then this clause determines:
The default value of all partitions specified in the CREATE
statement, unless you specify the logging_clause
in the PARTITION
description clause
The default value for the segments associated with the index partitions
The default value for local index partitions or subpartitions added implicitly during subsequent ALTER
TABLE
... ADD
PARTITION
operations
The logging attribute of the index is independent of that of its base table.
If you omit this clause, then the logging attribute is that of the tablespace in which it resides.
See Also:
logging_clause for a full description of this clause
Oracle Database Concepts and Oracle Data Warehousing Guide for more information about logging and parallel DML
ONLINE Specify ONLINE
to indicate that DML operations on the table will be allowed during creation of the index.
Restrictions on Online Index Building Online index building is subject to the following restrictions:
Parallel DML is not supported during online index building. If you specify ONLINE
and then issue parallel DML statements, then Oracle Database returns an error.
You cannot specify ONLINE
for a bitmap index or a cluster index.
You cannot specify ONLINE
for a conventional index on a UROWID
column.
For a nonunique secondary index on an index-organized table, the number of index key columns plus the number of primary key columns that are included in the logical rowid in the index-organized table cannot exceed 32. The logical rowid excludes columns that are part of the index key.
See Also:
Oracle Database Concepts for a description of online index building and rebuildingCOMPUTE STATISTICS In earlier releases, you could use this clause to start or stop the collection of statistics on an index. This clause has been deprecated. Oracle Database now automatically collects statistics during index creation and rebuild. This clause is supported for backward compatibility and will not cause errors.
Restriction on COMPUTE STATISTICS Clause You cannot specify this clause for a domain index.
Specify the parallel_clause
if you want creation of the index to be parallelized.
For complete information on this clause, please refer to parallel_clause in the documentation on CREATE
TABLE
.
Use the global_partitioned_index
clause and the local_partitioned_index
clauses to partition index
.
The storage of partitioned database entities in tablespaces of different block sizes is subject to several restrictions. Please refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for a discussion of these restrictions.
See Also:
"Partitioned Index Examples"The global_partitioned_index
clause lets you specify that the partitioning of the index is user defined and is not equipartitioned with the underlying table. By default, nonpartitioned indexes are global indexes.
You can partition a global index by range or by hash. In both cases, you can specify up to 32 columns as partitioning key columns. The partitioning column list must specify a left prefix of the index column list. That is, if the index is defined on columns a
, b
, and c
, then for the columns you can specify (a
, b
, c)
, or (a
, b)
, or (a
, c)
, but you cannot specify (b
, c)
or (c)
or (b
, a
). If you omit the partition names, then Oracle Database assigns names of the form SYS_P
n
.
GLOBAL PARTITION BY RANGE Use this clause to create a range-partitioned global index. Oracle Database will partition the global index on the ranges of values from the table columns you specify in the column list.
GLOBAL PARTITION BY HASH Use this clause to create a hash-partitioned global index. Oracle Database assigns rows to the partitions using a hash function on values in the partitioning key columns.
See Also:
theCREATE
TABLE
clause hash_partitioning for information on the two methods of hash partitioning and "Creating a Hash-Partitioned Global Index: Example"Restrictions on Global Partitioned Indexes Global partitioned indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
The partitioning key column list cannot contain the ROWID
pseudocolumn or a column of type ROWID
.
The only property you can specify for hash partitions is tablespace storage. Therefore, you cannot specify LOB or varray storage clauses in the partitioning_storage_clause
of individual_hash_partitions
.
You cannot specify the OVERFLOW
clause of hash_partitions_by_quantity
, as that clause is valid only for index-organized table partitions.
Note:
If your enterprise has or will have databases using different character sets, then use caution when partitioning on character columns. The sort sequence of characters is not identical in all character sets.See Also:
Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide for more information on character set supportindex_partitioning_clause Use this clause to describe the individual index partitions. The number of repetitions of this clause determines the number of partitions. If you omit partition
, then Oracle Database generates a name with the form SYS_P
n
.
For VALUES
LESS
THAN
(value_list
), specify the noninclusive upper bound for the current partition in a global index. The value list is a comma-delimited, ordered list of literal values corresponding to the column list in the global_partitioned_index
clause. Always specify MAXVALUE
as the value of the last partition.
Note:
If the index is partitioned on aDATE
column, and if the date format does not specify the first two digits of the year, then you must use the TO_DATE
function with a 4-character format mask for the year. The date format is determined implicitly by NLS_TERRITORY
or explicitly by NLS_DATE_FORMAT
. Please refer to Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide for more information on these initialization parameters.See Also:
"Range Partitioning Example"The local_partitioned_index
clauses let you specify that the index is partitioned on the same columns, with the same number of partitions and the same partition bounds as table
. Oracle Database automatically maintains local index partitioning as the underlying table is repartitioned.
on_range_partitioned_table This clause lets you specify the names and attributes of index partitions on a range-partitioned table. If you specify this clause, then the number of PARTITION
clauses must be equal to the number of table partitions, and in the same order. If you omit partition
, then Oracle Database generates a name that is consistent with the corresponding table partition. If the name conflicts with an existing index partition name, then the database uses the form SYS_P
n
.
You cannot specify key compression for an index partition unless you have specified key compression for the index.
on_list_partitioned_table The on_list_partitioned_table
clause is identical to on_range_partitioned_table .
on_hash_partitioned_table This clause lets you specify names and tablespace storage for index partitions on a hash-partitioned table.
If you specify any PARTITION
clauses, then the number of these clauses must be equal to the number of table partitions. If you omit partition
, then Oracle Database generates a name that is consistent with the corresponding table partition. If the name conflicts with an existing index partition name, then the database uses the form SYS_P
n
. You can optionally specify tablespace storage for one or more individual partitions. If you do not specify tablespace storage either here or in the STORE
IN
clause, then the database stores each index partition in the same tablespace as the corresponding table partition.
The STORE
IN
clause lets you specify one or more tablespaces across which Oracle Database will distribute all the index hash partitions. The number of tablespaces need not equal the number of index partitions. If the number of index partitions is greater than the number of tablespaces, then the database cycles through the names of the tablespaces.
on_comp_partitioned_table This clause lets you specify the name and tablespace storage of index partitions on a composite-partitioned table.
The STORE
IN
clause is valid only for range-hash composite-partitioned tables. It lets you specify one or more default tablespaces across which Oracle Database will distribute all index hash subpartitions. You can override this storage by specifying different tablespace storage for the subpartitions of an individual partition in the second STORE
IN
clause in the index_subpartition_clause
.
For range-list composite-partitioned tables, you can specify default tablespace storage for the list subpartitions in the PARTITION
clause. You can override this storage by specifying different tablespace storage for the list subpartitions of an individual partition in the SUBPARTITION
clause of the index_subpartition_clause
.
You cannot specify key compression for an index partition unless you have specified key compression for the index.
index_subpartition_clause This clause lets you specify names and tablespace storage for index subpartitions in a composite-partitioned table.
The STORE
IN
clause is valid only for hash subpartitions of a range-hash composite-partitioned table. It lets you specify one or more tablespaces across which Oracle Database will distribute all the index hash subpartitions. The SUBPARTITION
clause is valid for subpartitions of both range-hash and range-list composite-partitioned tables.
If you specify any SUBPARTITION
clauses, then the number of those clauses must be equal to the number of table subpartitions. If you omit subpartition
, then the database generates a name that is consistent with the corresponding table subpartition. If the name conflicts with an existing index subpartition name, then the database uses the form SYS_SUBP
n
.
The number of tablespaces need not equal the number of index subpartitions. If the number of index subpartitions is greater than the number of tablespaces, then the database cycles through the names of the tablespaces.
If you do not specify tablespace storage for subpartitions either in the on_comp_partitioned_table
clause or in the index_subpartition_clause
, then Oracle Database uses the tablespace specified for index
. If you also do not specify tablespace storage for index
, then the database stores the subpartition in the same tablespace as the corresponding table subpartition.
Use the domain_index_clause
to indicate that index
is a domain index, which is an instance of an application-specific index of type indextype
.
Creating a domain index requires a number of preceding operations. You must first create an implementation type for an indextype. You must also create a functional implementation and then create an operator that uses the function. Next you create an indextype, which associates the implementation type with the operator. Finally, you create the domain index using this clause. Please refer to Appendix E, "Examples", which contains an example of creating a simple domain index, including all of these operations.
index_expr In the index_expr
(in table_index_clause
), specify the table columns or object attributes on which the index is defined. You can define multiple domain indexes on a single column only if the underlying indextypes are different and the indextypes support a disjoint set of user-defined operators.
Restrictions on Domain Indexes Domain indexes are subject to the following restrictions:
The index_expr
(in table_index_clause
) can specify only a single column, and the column cannot be of datatype REF
, varray, nested table, LONG
, or LONG
RAW
.
You cannot create a bitmap or unique domain index.
You cannot create a domain index on a temporary table.
indextype For indextype
, specify the name of the indextype. This name should be a valid schema object that has already been created.
If you have installed Oracle Text, you can use various built-in indextypes to create Oracle Text domain indexes. For more information on Oracle Text and the indexes it uses, please refer to Oracle Text Reference.
See Also:
CREATE INDEXTYPEparallel_clause Use the parallel_clause
to parallelize creation of the domain index. For a nonpartitioned domain index, Oracle Database passes the explicit or default degree of parallelism to the ODCIIndexCreate
cartridge routine, which in turn establishes parallelism for the index.
See Also:
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for complete information on the Oracle Data Cartridge Interface (ODCI) routinesPARAMETERS In the
PARAMETERS
clause, specify the parameter string that is passed uninterpreted to the appropriate ODCI indextype routine. The maximum length of the parameter string is 1000 characters.
When you specify this clause at the top level of the syntax, the parameters become the default parameters for the index partitions. If you specify this clause as part of the LOCAL
[PARTITION
] clause, you override any default parameters with parameters for the individual partition.
After the domain index is created, Oracle Database invokes the appropriate ODCI routine. If the routine does not return successfully, the domain index is marked FAILED
. The only operations supported on an failed domain index are DROP
INDEX
and (for non-local indexes) REBUILD
INDEX
.
See Also:
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for information on the Oracle Data Cartridge Interface (ODCI) routinesUse the bitmap_join_index_clause
to define a bitmap join index. A bitmap join index is defined on a single table. For an index key made up of dimension table columns, it stores the fact table rowids corresponding to that key. In a data warehousing environment, the table on which the index is defined is commonly referred to as a fact table, and the tables with which this table is joined are commonly referred to as dimension tables. However, a star schema is not a requirement for creating a join index.
ON In the ON
clause, first specify the fact table, and then inside the parentheses specify the columns of the dimension tables on which the index is defined.
FROM In the FROM
clause, specify the joined tables.
WHERE In the WHERE
clause, specify the join condition.
If the underlying fact table is partitioned, you must also specify one of the local_partitioned_index
clauses (see local_partitioned_index ).
Restrictions on Bitmap Join Indexes In addition to the restrictions on bitmap indexes in general (see BITMAP), the following restrictions apply to bitmap join indexes:
You cannot create a bitmap join index on an index-organized table or a temporary table.
No table may appear twice in the FROM
clause.
You cannot create a function-based join index.
The dimension table columns must be either primary key columns or have unique constraints.
If a dimension table has a composite primary key, each column in the primary key must be part of the join.
You cannot specify the local_index_clauses
unless the fact table is partitioned.
See Also:
Oracle Data Warehousing Guide for information on fact and dimension tables and on using bitmap indexes in a data warehousing environmentGeneral Index Examples
Creating an Index: Example The following statement shows how the sample index ord_customer_ix
on the customer_id
column of the sample table oe.orders
was created:
CREATE INDEX ord_customer_ix ON orders (customer_id);
Compressing an Index: Example To create the ord_customer_ix_demo
index with the COMPRESS
clause, you might issue the following statement:
CREATE INDEX ord_customer_ix_demo ON orders (customer_id, sales_rep_id) COMPRESS 1;
The index will compress repeated occurrences of customer_id
column values.
Creating an Index in NOLOGGING Mode: Example If the sample table orders
had been created using a fast parallel load (so all rows were already sorted), you could issue the following statement to quickly create an index.
/* Unless you first sort the table oe.orders, this example fails because you cannot specify NOSORT unless the base table is already sorted. */ CREATE INDEX ord_customer_ix_demo ON orders (order_mode) NOSORT NOLOGGING;
Creating a Cluster Index: Example To create an index for the personnel
cluster, which was created in "Creating a Cluster: Example", issue the following statement:
CREATE INDEX idx_personnel ON CLUSTER personnel;
No index columns are specified, because cluster indexes are automatically built on all the columns of the cluster key. For cluster indexes, all rows are indexed.
Creating an Index on an XMLType Table: Example The following example creates an index on the area element of the xwarehouses
table (created in "XMLType Table Examples"):
CREATE INDEX area_index ON xwarehouses e (EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(e),'/Warehouse/Area'));
Such an index would greatly improve the performance of queries that select from the table based on, for example, the square footage of a warehouse, as shown in this statement:
SELECT e.getClobVal() AS warehouse FROM xwarehouses e WHERE EXISTSNODE(VALUE(e),'/Warehouse[Area>50000]') = 1;
Function-Based Index Examples
The following examples show how to create and use function-based indexes.
Creating a Function-Based Index: Example The following statement creates a function-based index on the employees
table based on an uppercase evaluation of the last_name
column:
CREATE INDEX upper_ix ON employees (UPPER(last_name));
See the "Prerequisites" for the privileges and parameter settings required when creating function-based indexes.
To ensure that Oracle Database will use the index rather than performing a full table scan, be sure that the value returned by the function is not null in subsequent queries. For example, this statement is guaranteed to use the index:
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees WHERE UPPER(last_name) IS NOT NULL ORDER BY UPPER(last_name);
Without the WHERE
clause, Oracle Database may perform a full table scan.
In the next statements showing index creation and subsequent query, Oracle Database will use index income_ix
even though the columns are in reverse order in the query:
CREATE INDEX income_ix ON employees(salary + (salary*commission_pct)); SELECT first_name||' '||last_name "Name" FROM employees WHERE (salary*commission_pct) + salary > 15000;
Creating a Function-Based Index on a LOB Column: Example The following statement uses the function created in "Using a Packaged Procedure in a Function: Example" to create a function-based index on a LOB column in the sample pm
schema. The example then collects statistics on the function-based index and selects rows from the sample table print_media
where that CLOB
column has fewer than 1000 characters.
CREATE INDEX src_idx ON print_media(text_length(ad_sourcetext)); ANALYZE INDEX src_idx COMPUTE STATISTICS; SELECT product_id FROM print_media WHERE text_length(ad_sourcetext) < 1000; PRODUCT_ID ---------- 3060 2056 3106 2268
Creating a Function-based Index on a Type Method: Example This example entails an object type rectangle
containing two number attributes: length
and width
. The area()
method computes the area of the rectangle.
CREATE TYPE rectangle AS OBJECT ( length NUMBER, width NUMBER, MEMBER FUNCTION area RETURN NUMBER DETERMINISTIC ); CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY rectangle AS MEMBER FUNCTION area RETURN NUMBER IS BEGIN RETURN (length*width); END; END;
Now, if you create a table rect_tab
of type rectangle
, you can create a function-based index on the area()
method as follows:
CREATE TABLE rect_tab OF rectangle; CREATE INDEX area_idx ON rect_tab x (x.area());
You can use this index efficiently to evaluate a query of the form:
SELECT * FROM rect_tab x WHERE x.area() > 100;
Using a Function-based Index to Define Conditional Uniqueness: Example The following statement creates a unique function-based index on the oe.orders
table that prevents a customer from taking advantage of promotion ID 2 ("blowout sale") more than once:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX promo_ix ON orders (CASE WHEN promotion_id =2 THEN customer_id ELSE NULL END, CASE WHEN promotion_id = 2 THEN promotion_id ELSE NULL END); INSERT INTO orders (order_id, order_date, customer_id, order_total, promotion_id) VALUES (2459, systimestamp, 106, 251, 2); 1 row created. INSERT INTO orders (order_id, order_date, customer_id, order_total, promotion_id) VALUES (2460, systimestamp+1, 106, 110, 2); insert into orders (order_id, order_date, customer_id, order_total, promotion_id) * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00001: unique constraint (OE.PROMO_IX) violated
The objective is to remove from the index any rows where the promotion_id
is not equal to 2. Oracle Database does not store in the index any rows where all the keys are NULL
. Therefore, in this example, we map both customer_id
and promotion_id
to NULL
unless promotion_id is equal to 2. The result is that the index constraint is violated only if promotion_id is equal to 2 for two rows with the same customer_id
value.
Partitioned Index Examples
Creating a Range-Partitioned Global Index: Example The following statement creates a global prefixed index cost_ix
on the sample table sh.sales
with three partitions that divide the range of costs into three groups:
CREATE INDEX cost_ix ON sales (amount_sold) GLOBAL PARTITION BY RANGE (amount_sold) (PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (1000), PARTITION p2 VALUES LESS THAN (2500), PARTITION p3 VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE));
Creating a Hash-Partitioned Global Index: Example The following statement creates a hash-partitioned global index cust_last_name_ix
on the sample table sh.customers
with four partitions:
CREATE INDEX cust_last_name_ix ON customers (cust_last_name) GLOBAL PARTITION BY HASH (cust_last_name) PARTITIONS 4;
Creating an Index on a Hash-Partitioned Table: Example The following statement creates a local index on the product_id
column of the hash_products
partitioned table (which was created in "Hash Partitioning Example"). The STORE
IN
clause immediately following LOCAL
indicates that hash_products
is hash partitioned. Oracle Database will distribute the hash partitions between the tbs1
and tbs2
tablespaces:
CREATE INDEX prod_idx ON hash_products(product_id) LOCAL STORE IN (tbs_01, tbs_02);
The creator of the index must have quota on the tablespaces specified. See CREATE TABLESPACE for examples that create tablespaces tbs_1
and tbs_2
.
Creating an Index on a Composite-Partitioned Table: Example The following statement creates a local index on the composite_sales
table, which was created in "Composite-Partitioned Table Examples". The STORAGE
clause specifies default storage attributes for the index. However, this default is overridden for the five subpartitions of partitions q3_2000
and q4_2000
, because separate TABLESPACE
storage is specified.
The creator of the index must have quota on the tablespaces specified. See CREATE TABLESPACE for examples that create tablespaces tbs_1
and tbs_2
.
CREATE INDEX sales_ix ON composite_sales(time_id, prod_id) STORAGE (INITIAL 1M MAXEXTENTS UNLIMITED) LOCAL (PARTITION q1_1998, PARTITION q2_1998, PARTITION q3_1998, PARTITION q4_1998, PARTITION q1_1999, PARTITION q2_1999, PARTITION q3_1999, PARTITION q4_1999, PARTITION q1_2000, PARTITION q2_2000 (SUBPARTITION pq2001, SUBPARTITION pq2002, SUBPARTITION pq2003, SUBPARTITION pq2004, SUBPARTITION pq2005, SUBPARTITION pq2006, SUBPARTITION pq2007, SUBPARTITION pq2008), PARTITION q3_2000 (SUBPARTITION c1 TABLESPACE tbs_02, SUBPARTITION c2 TABLESPACE tbs_02, SUBPARTITION c3 TABLESPACE tbs_02, SUBPARTITION c4 TABLESPACE tbs_02, SUBPARTITION c5 TABLESPACE tbs_02), PARTITION q4_2000 (SUBPARTITION pq4001 TABLESPACE tbs_03, SUBPARTITION pq4002 TABLESPACE tbs_03, SUBPARTITION pq4003 TABLESPACE tbs_03, SUBPARTITION pq4004 TABLESPACE tbs_03) );
Bitmap Index Example
The following creates a bitmap join index on the table oe.hash_products
, which was created in "Hash Partitioning Example":
CREATE BITMAP INDEX product_bm_ix ON hash_products(list_price) TABLESPACE tbs_1 LOCAL(PARTITION ix_p1 TABLESPACE tbs_02, PARTITION ix_p2, PARTITION ix_p3 TABLESPACE tbs_03, PARTITION ix_p4, PARTITION ix_p5 TABLESPACE tbs_04 );
Because hash_products
is a partitioned table, the bitmap join index must be locally partitioned. In this example, the user must have quota on tablespaces specified. See CREATE TABLESPACE for examples that create tablespaces tbs_2
, tbs_3
, and tbs_4
.
Indexes on Nested Tables: Example
The sample table pm.print_media
contains a nested table column ad_textdocs_ntab
, which is stored in storage table textdocs_nestedtab
. The following example creates a unique index on storage table textdocs_nestedtab
:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX nested_tab_ix ON textdocs_nestedtab(NESTED_TABLE_ID, document_typ);
Including pseudocolumn NESTED_TABLE_ID
ensures distinct rows in nested table column ad_textdocs_ntab
.
Indexing on Substitutable Columns: Examples
You can build an index on attributes of the declared type of a substitutable column. In addition, you can reference the subtype attributes by using the appropriate TREAT
function. The following example uses the table books
, which is created in "Substitutable Table and Column Examples". The statement creates an index on the salary
attribute of all employee authors in the books
table:
CREATE INDEX salary_i ON books (TREAT(author AS employee_t).salary);
The target type in the argument of the TREAT
function must be the type that added the attribute being referenced. In the example, the target of TREAT
is employee_t
, which is the type that added the salary
attribute.
If this condition is not satisfied, then Oracle Database interprets the TREAT
function as any functional expression and creates the index as a function-based index. For example, the following statement creates a function-based index on the salary
attribute of part-time employees, assigning nulls to instances of all other types in the type hierarchy.
CREATE INDEX salary_func_i ON persons p (TREAT(VALUE(p) AS part_time_emp_t).salary);
You can also build an index on the type-discriminant column underlying a substitutable column by using the SYS_TYPEID
function.
Note:
Oracle Database uses the type-discriminant column to evaluate queries that involve theIS
OF
type
condition. The cardinality of the typeid column is normally low, so Oracle recommends that you build a bitmap index in this situation.The following statement creates a bitmap index on the typeid of the author column of the books table:
CREATE BITMAP INDEX typeid_i ON books (SYS_TYPEID(author));
See Also:
"Type Hierarchy Example" to see the creation of the type hierarchy underlying the books
table
the functions TREAT and SYS_TYPEID and the condition "IS OF type Condition"