What is an index and types of indexes. How many number of
indexes can be used per table ?

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Index is a method used for faster retrieval of
records.different types of indexes are
1.primary key index
2.unique index
3.bitmap index
4.hash index
5.function based index
6.B-tree index(default index created) on table.
7.Virtual index(which do not show entry in DBA_segment).

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