Oracle Indexes

Although I usually focus on index related topics, I’ve always kinda considered Materialized Views (MVs) as an index like structure, which Oracle can automatically update and from which Oracle can efficiently retrieve data. The cost of maintaining a Materialized View Log is not unlike the cost of maintaining an index structure, the benefits of which […]

One of the useful little features quietly introduced with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 is the ability to now defer the invalidation of dependent SQL cursors when an index is created or modified. This can be useful when you say create a new index which you know will have no impact on any existing SQL […]

I previously discussed just how easy it is to convert online a non-partitioned table to be partitioned with Oracle Database 12.2. Thought I might run through a number of really cool new partitioning features and capabilities that were also introduced in 12.2. To start, I’m just going to create a basic range-partitioning table and populate […]

In my previous post, I discussed how you can now move heap tables online with Oracle Database 12.2 and how this can be very beneficial in helping to address issues with the Clustering Factor of key indexes. A problem with this technique is that is requires the entire table to be effectively reorganised when most of […]

Good news for all you Oracle Database folk in ANZ. I’ll be running a new series of “Let’s Talk Database” sessions at a venue near you in the coming months. I’ll be discussing two interesting topics, “Introduction to the Oracle Cloud for DBAs” and “Introduction to Oracle Database 12c Release 2“. The dates for this series and registration […]

One of the really cool new features introduced in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 is the capability to MOVE tables ONLINE, while maintaining all the associated index structures. This was possible for table partitions in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 but only for Indexed Organized Tables before then. Rather than show a demo that just moves a table, […]

A quick post (for me) with a long weekend beckoning… In Part I, Part II and Part III of looking at the new Index Advanced Compression level of “High”, we discussed how it can significantly decrease the size of your indexes in a manner not previously possible. This can result in significant reductions of index storage and […]

In just 3 weeks time, I’ll again have the pleasure of presenting at the awesome Hotsos Symposium in Dallas, Texas. It’s simply the best conference with regard to Oracle performance tuning anywhere. This year, I’ll be presenting on a couple of topics: New Index Features Introduced in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c […]

If you like the look of the new Index Advanced Compression setting of “High” available with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 as I’ve discussed previously in Part I and Part II, well there’s a way to make this the default index compression method in your 12.2 database. Let’s begin by creating a table and explicitly […]