首先,当我们创建主键或唯一键时,Oracle并不总是创建索引。如果该列上已经有索引,它将使用它来代替…
SQL> create table t23 (id number not null)
2 /
Table created.
SQL> create index my_manual_idx on t23 ( id )
2 /
Index created.
SQL> select index_name from user_indexes
2 where table_name = 'T23'
3 /
INDEX_NAME
------------------------------
MY_MANUAL_IDX
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…注意
MY_MANUAL_IDX
不是唯一的索引;这不重要…
SQL> alter table t23
2 add constraint t23_pk primary key (id) using index
3 /
Table altered.
SQL> select index_name from user_indexes
2 where table_name = 'T23'
3 /
INDEX_NAME
------------------------------
MY_MANUAL_IDX
SQL> drop index my_manual_idx
2 /
drop index my_manual_idx
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02429: cannot drop index used for enforcement of unique/primary key
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还有一种情况是Oracle将自动创建索引:lob存储….
SQL> alter table t23
2 add txt clob
3 lob (txt) store as basicfile t23_txt (tablespace users)
4 /
Table altered.
SQL> select index_name from user_indexes
2 where table_name = 'T23'
3 /
INDEX_NAME
------------------------------
MY_MANUAL_IDX
SYS_IL0000556081C00002$$
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编辑
数据库将xmltype与其他lob处理相同…
SQL> alter table t23
2 add xmldoc xmltype
3 /
Table altered.
SQL> select index_name from user_indexes
2 where table_name = 'T23'
3 /
INDEX_NAME
------------------------------
MY_MANUAL_IDX
SYS_IL0000556081C00002$$
SYS_IL0000556081C00004$$
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