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Initially question was asked to mention the types of indexes. Then asked about BITMAP INDEX and B-..

Answer / slokh

Bitmap index is a type of index created on the basis of the
column having low cardinality like. index created on the
column like 'gender' etc.


B-tree or binary index is created on the column contains
wide range of values like 'name' column.

note:- more than one index is created on the table.

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Initially question was asked to mention the types of indexes. Then asked about BITMAP INDEX and B-..

Answer / brajesh kr.

Bitmap:- index is special kind of index that uses bitmap .
it significant space and performance advantage over
structure for such data. it is also useful for unique value
data. it use bit arrays and answer queries by performing
bitmap logical operations on these bitmap.

B-Tree:-databse server uses a b-tree strucruyre to organize
index information shows that afully developed b-treee index
is composed of that following
1.Oneroot nodes
2. Two or more branch nodes.

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