What is the behavior difference of using a non-unique
index to enforce a unique/primary key constraint when
inserting a duplicate value ? 
Index range scan ?



--- Brian MacLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit�: >
ahhhhhhhhhhh, mostly right.  I found in v8.1.6 that
> if I use a non-unique
> index to enforce a unique/primary key constraint
> that the index does not
> drop when you drop the constraint.
> 
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>       Hello, Cherie,
> Short note first - when you drop primary key the
> associated index will be
> dropped too.
> To partition the index you will create this index
> first and then 
>  alter table <table name> add constraint <index
> name> primary key(<column
> list>);
> HTH
>       Vadim Gorbounov
>       Brainbench Master Oracle DBA
>       www.brainbench.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:51 PM
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> 
> 
> 
> Oracle will automatically create an index for your
> primary
> key constraint.
> 
> I have a lot of large partitioned tables in my data
> warehouse.
> All of my primary key indexes are non-partitioned. 
> I would
> like them to be partitioned.
> 
> When I drop the constraint and re-enable it, can I
> specify
> at that time that I want the index to be
> partitioned?  Or do I
> need to drop my index and rebuild it to be
> partitioned after
> the fact?
> 
> Is there any problem with having partitioned primary
> key indexes?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cherie
> 
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