How many different types of indexes we have in oracle?
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Answer / rajesh
Mainly Two type of Index in Oracle.
1:-> Logical
2:-> Physical
1:-> Unique,Non Unique,Function
2:-> B-Tree & Bitmap
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Answer / sudev kuma rmishra
two types
A.implicit B.explicit
A.implicit index
automatically created when we mention primary key or unique key
B.explicit index
these are created by user
and examples are
1.simple/normal index
2.composite index
3.unique index
4.bitmap index
5.partition index
6.function index
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Answer / kumar swamy naidu
1.implicit
2.explicit
2.1.simple/b+tree index
2.2.bitmap index
2.3.reserved key index
2.3.composite index
2.4.function based index
2.5.partition index
2.6.domain index
2.7.text index
2.8.cluster index
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Answer / gaurav kukreja
mainly two type of indexes
1:- logical
2:- physical
logical indexes are also two type.. uniqe and functional
based indexes.
functional indexes are also two type...b-treeand bit map
indexes....
indexes are also used in searching and sorting
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Answer / debasis mohanty
INDEX Are Of 4 Types
1.NORMAL OR SIMPLE OR B-TREE Index
2.BITMAP INDEX
3.COMPOSITE INDEX
4.FUNCTION BASED INDEX
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Answer / vipul.solanki
Index is use for the performance to retrieve data from table.
1 . index automatically created when create PK or UK
2 . Explicitly create index
there is three type of index
1.unique index
2.cluster index
3.non-cluster index
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Answer / nagaraju
We have mainly two different indexes .
Implicit index and Explicit index.
Explicit indexes are again of many types like
simple index,unique index,Bitmap index,Functional
index,Organisational index,cluster index.
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Answer / gouranga mohapatra
There are several types of indexes available in Oracle all
designed for different circumstances:
•b*tree indexes - the most common type (especially in OLTP
environments) and the default type
•b*tree cluster indexes - for clusters
•hash cluster indexes - for hash clusters
•reverse key indexes - useful in Oracle Real Application
Cluster (RAC) applications
•bitmap indexes - common in datawarehouse applications
•partitioned indexes - also useful for datawarehouse
applications
•function-based indexes
•index organised tables
•domain indexes
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Answer / vicky
Mainly indexes are 3 types:
1:-functional based index
2:-bit map index
3:-b-tree index
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Answer / vawani
Then what is Clustered Index and Non-Clustered Index ?
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