a few more undocumented commands that might help: ALTER UNIVERSE cosmos PARALLEL 16; ALTER UNIVERSE cosmos INCREMENT BY hour;
> sigh. I need to find time to read ALL the docs. Yeah, that'll happen. > If I can find a parallel universe where time runs at a different rate. > > Thanks, I'll test this out as well. > > > --- Arup Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In 9.2, you can keep the index by using the KEEP INDEX key words. > > > > ALTER TABLE XXX DROP CONSTRAINT PK_XXX KEEP INDEX > > > > This will keep the index but drop the constraint. Talk about having > > your > > cake and eating it too...;) > > > > HTH > > > > Arup > > ----- Original Message ----- > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 4:39 PM > > > > > > > it'll have to wait until Monday, I'm not at work until then. I'll > > try > > > it with a non-unique then > > > > > > Hey, if it works, it saves me tons of time, I learn something new > > and I > > > had fun developing the single SQL statement to rebuild the > > constraint > > > and index. Win-win > > > > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > > --- Denny Koovakattu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't have access to 9.2.0.1 right now. But can you try > > creating > > > > a non- > > > > unique index instead of the unique index. If you create a unique > > > > index, it gets > > > > dropped. That's the behavior on 8.1.x also. But if it's a > > non-unique > > > > index, it > > > > shouldn't get dropped. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Denny > > > > > > > > Quoting Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > 9.2.0.1 Solaris, and yes, it does drop it > > > > > > > > > > I created a unique index in the primary key columns > > > > > I created the primary key constraint without specifying an > > index > > > > > I checked that the index existed, it did > > > > > I dropped the primary key constraint > > > > > I checked that the index existed, it didn't > > > > > > > > > > try it.... I tried various combinations before posting this > > note > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Denny Koovakattu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you build a separate index to enforce the primary key, > > > > Oracle > > > > > > shouldn't > > > > > > drop it when you disable or drop the primary key. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Denny > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a reason: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have you ever tried to find the three duplicate rows in a > > 12 > > > > > > million > > > > > > > row table without using the primary key constraint? I've > > had to > > > > > > > disable > > > > > > > or drop the constraint in order to use the exceptions > > table. > > > > Once > > > > > I > > > > > > do > > > > > > > that, even if I've built a separate index that enforces the > > > > > primary > > > > > > > key > > > > > > > constraint, Oracle drops the index. So I HAVE to rebuild > > it. If > > > > I > > > > > > > allow > > > > > > > the index to be rebuilt when I re-enable the primary key > > > > > > constraint, > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > builds it in the default tablespace of the table owner, not > > > > where > > > > > I > > > > > > > want it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if anyone has a better way to fix this problem, I'm more > > than > > > > > happy > > > > > > to > > > > > > > hear it! It's a data warehouse and the third party app has > > a > > > > bug > > > > > we > > > > > > > can't find and on occasion sqlloads (via direct path) > > duplicate > > > > > > rows > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Though I have published a script for determining indexes > > that > > > > > > > > need to be rebuilt, and then rebuilding them, I have to > > say > > > > > that > > > > > > > > this is almost never necessary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why are you rebuilding indexes? About the only reason > > for > > > > ever > > > > > > > > doing so is that the BLEVEL >= 5. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > goto asktom.oracle.com, and do a search on 'index > > rebuild'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently, the third article may be of interest. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 26 December 2002 12:24, Richard Huntley > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any useful scripts for doing this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > > > name="Attachment: > > > > > > 1" > > > > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > Content-Description: > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.net > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Author: Jared Still > > > > > > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > > > > > > http://www.fatcity.com > > > > > > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > > hosting > > > > > > > services > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > > > > > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E- Mail > > > > > message > > > > > > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > 'ListGuru') > > > > and > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > > from). > > > > You > > > > > > may > > > > > > > > also send the HELP command for other information (like > > > > > > subscribing). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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