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DBA_INDEXES view tips

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DBA_INDEXES

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Oracle 11g makes the following comments about the DBA_INDEXES table: "Description for all indexes in the database"

Related notes on DBA_INDEXES:

Column description of the DBA_INDEXES view:

OWNER
Description of DBA_INDEXES.OWNER: "Username of the owner of the index"
INDEX_NAME
Description of DBA_INDEXES.INDEX_NAME: "Name of the index"
INDEX_TYPE
No comments exist for the INDEX_TYPE column of the DBA_INDEXES table.
TABLE_OWNER
Description of DBA_INDEXES.TABLE_OWNER: "Owner of the indexed object"
TABLE_NAME
Description of DBA_INDEXES.TABLE_NAME: "Name of the indexed object"
TABLE_TYPE
Description of DBA_INDEXES.TABLE_TYPE: "Type of the indexed object"
UNIQUENESS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.UNIQUENESS: "Uniqueness status of the index: "UNIQUE", "NONUNIQUE", or "BITMAP""
COMPRESSION
Description of DBA_INDEXES.COMPRESSION: "Compression property of the index: "ENABLED", "DISABLED", or NULL"
PREFIX_LENGTH
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PREFIX_LENGTH: "Number of key columns in the prefix used for compression"
TABLESPACE_NAME
Description of DBA_INDEXES.TABLESPACE_NAME: "Name of the tablespace containing the index"
INI_TRANS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.INI_TRANS: "Initial number of transactions"
MAX_TRANS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.MAX_TRANS: "Maximum number of transactions"
INITIAL_EXTENT
Description of DBA_INDEXES.INITIAL_EXTENT: "Size of the initial extent"
NEXT_EXTENT
Description of DBA_INDEXES.NEXT_EXTENT: "Size of secondary extents"
MIN_EXTENTS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.MIN_EXTENTS: "Minimum number of extents allowed in the segment"
MAX_EXTENTS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.MAX_EXTENTS: "Maximum number of extents allowed in the segment"
PCT_INCREASE
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PCT_INCREASE: "Percentage increase in extent size"
PCT_THRESHOLD
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PCT_THRESHOLD: "Threshold percentage of block space allowed per index entry"
INCLUDE_COLUMN
Description of DBA_INDEXES.INCLUDE_COLUMN: "User column-id for last column to be included in index-only table top index"
FREELISTS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.FREELISTS: "Number of process freelists allocated in this segment"
FREELIST_GROUPS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.FREELIST_GROUPS: "Number of freelist groups allocated to this segment"
PCT_FREE
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PCT_FREE: "Minimum percentage of free space in a block"
LOGGING
Description of DBA_INDEXES.LOGGING: "Logging attribute"
BLEVEL
Description of DBA_INDEXES.BLEVEL: "B-Tree level"
LEAF_BLOCKS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.LEAF_BLOCKS: "The number of leaf blocks in the index"
DISTINCT_KEYS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DISTINCT_KEYS: "The number of distinct keys in the index"
AVG_LEAF_BLOCKS_PER_KEY
Description of DBA_INDEXES.AVG_LEAF_BLOCKS_PER_KEY: "The average number of leaf blocks per key"
AVG_DATA_BLOCKS_PER_KEY
Description of DBA_INDEXES.AVG_DATA_BLOCKS_PER_KEY: "The average number of data blocks per key"
CLUSTERING_FACTOR
Description of DBA_INDEXES.CLUSTERING_FACTOR: "A measurement of the amount of (dis)order of the table this index is for"
STATUS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.STATUS: "Whether non-partitioned index is in UNUSABLE state or not"
NUM_ROWS
No comments exist for the NUM_ROWS column of the DBA_INDEXES table.
SAMPLE_SIZE
Description of DBA_INDEXES.SAMPLE_SIZE: "The sample size used in analyzing this index"
LAST_ANALYZED
Description of DBA_INDEXES.LAST_ANALYZED: "The date of the most recent time this index was analyzed"
DEGREE
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DEGREE: "The number of threads per instance for scanning the partitioned index"
INSTANCES
Description of DBA_INDEXES.INSTANCES: "The number of instances across which the partitioned index is to be scanned"
PARTITIONED
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PARTITIONED: "Is this index partitioned? YES or NO"
TEMPORARY
Description of DBA_INDEXES.TEMPORARY: "Can the current session only see data that it place in this object itself?"
GENERATED
Description of DBA_INDEXES.GENERATED: "Was the name of this index system generated?"
SECONDARY
Description of DBA_INDEXES.SECONDARY: "Is the index object created as part of icreate for domain indexes?"
BUFFER_POOL
Description of DBA_INDEXES.BUFFER_POOL: "The default buffer pool to be used for index blocks"
USER_STATS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.USER_STATS: "Were the statistics entered directly by the user?"
DURATION
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DURATION: "If index on temporary table, then duration is sys$session or sys$transaction else NULL"
PCT_DIRECT_ACCESS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PCT_DIRECT_ACCESS: "If index on IOT, then this is percentage of rows with Valid guess"
ITYP_OWNER
Description of DBA_INDEXES.ITYP_OWNER: "If domain index, then this is the indextype owner"
ITYP_NAME
Description of DBA_INDEXES.ITYP_NAME: "If domain index, then this is the name of the associated indextype"
PARAMETERS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.PARAMETERS: "If domain index, then this is the parameter string"
GLOBAL_STATS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.GLOBAL_STATS: "Are the statistics calculated without merging underlying partitions?"
DOMIDX_STATUS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DOMIDX_STATUS: "Is the indextype of the domain index valid"
DOMIDX_OPSTATUS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DOMIDX_OPSTATUS: "Status of the operation on the domain index"
FUNCIDX_STATUS
Description of DBA_INDEXES.FUNCIDX_STATUS: "Is the Function-based Index DISABLED or ENABLED?"
JOIN_INDEX
Description of DBA_INDEXES.JOIN_INDEX: "Is this index a join index?"
IOT_REDUNDANT_PKEY_ELIM
Description of DBA_INDEXES.IOT_REDUNDANT_PKEY_ELIM: "Were redundant primary key columns eliminated from iot secondary index?"
DROPPED
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DROPPED: "Whether index is dropped and is in Recycle Bin"
VISIBILITY
Description of DBA_INDEXES.VISIBILITY: "Whether the index is VISIBLE or INVISIBLE to the optimizer"
DOMIDX_MANAGEMENT
Description of DBA_INDEXES.DOMIDX_MANAGEMENT: "If this a domain index, then whether it is system managed or user managed"

DBA_INDEXES View Source

Oracle 11g's data dictionary defines the DBA_INDEXES view using the following source query:

select u.name, o.name,
decode(bitand(i.property, 16), 0, '', 'FUNCTION-BASED ') ||
decode(i.type#, 1, 'NORMAL'||
decode(bitand(i.property, 4), 0, '', 4, '/REV'),
2, 'BITMAP', 3, 'CLUSTER', 4, 'IOT - TOP',
5, 'IOT - NESTED', 6, 'SECONDARY', 7, 'ANSI', 8, 'LOB',
9, 'DOMAIN'),
iu.name, io.name,
decode(io.type#, 0, 'NEXT OBJECT', 1, 'INDEX', 2, 'TABLE', 3, 'CLUSTER',
4, 'VIEW', 5, 'SYNONYM', 6, 'SEQUENCE', 'UNDEFINED'),
decode(bitand(i.property, 1), 0, 'NONUNIQUE', 1, 'UNIQUE', 'UNDEFINED'),
decode(bitand(i.flags, 32), 0, 'DISABLED', 32, 'ENABLED', null),
i.spare2,
decode(bitand(i.property, 34), 0, decode(i.type#, 9, null, ts.name),
2, null, decode(i.ts#, 0, null, ts.name)),
decode(bitand(i.property, 2),0, i.initrans, null),
decode(bitand(i.property, 2),0, i.maxtrans, null),
s.iniexts * ts.blocksize,
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 3), 1, to_number(NULL),
s.extsize * ts.blocksize),
s.minexts, s.maxexts,
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 3), 1, to_number(NULL),
s.extpct),
decode(i.type#, 4, mod(i.pctthres$,256), NULL), i.trunccnt,
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 32), 32, to_number(NULL),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 1, decode(s.lists, 0, 1, s.lists))),
decode(bitand(ts.flags, 32), 32, to_number(NULL),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 1, decode(s.groups, 0, 1, s.groups))),
decode(bitand(i.property, 2),0,i.pctfree$,null),
decode(bitand(i.property, 2), 2, NULL,
decode(bitand(i.flags, 4), 0, 'YES', 'NO')),
i.blevel, i.leafcnt, i.distkey, i.lblkkey, i.dblkkey, i.clufac,
decode(bitand(i.property, 2), 2,
decode(i.type#, 9, decode(bitand(i.flags, 8),
8, 'INPROGRS', 'VALID'), 'N/A'),
decode(bitand(i.flags, 1), 1, 'UNUSABLE',
decode(bitand(i.flags, 8), 8, 'INPROGRS',
'VALID'))),
rowcnt, samplesize, analyzetime,
decode(i.degree, 32767, 'DEFAULT', nvl(i.degree,1)),
decode(i.instances, 32767, 'DEFAULT', nvl(i.instances,1)),
decode(bitand(i.property, 2), 2, 'YES', 'NO'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 0, 'N', 2, 'Y', 'N'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 4), 0, 'N', 4, 'Y', 'N'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 16), 0, 'N', 16, 'Y', 'N'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 2, 'DEFAULT',
decode(s.cachehint, 0, 'DEFAULT', 1, 'KEEP', 2, 'RECYCLE', NULL)),
decode(bitand(i.flags, 64), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 2), 0, NULL,
decode(bitand(i.property, 64), 64, 'SYS$SESSION', 'SYS$TRANSACTION')),
decode(bitand(i.flags, 128), 128, mod(trunc(i.pctthres$/256),256),
decode(i.type#, 4, mod(trunc(i.pctthres$/256),256), NULL)),
itu.name, ito.name, i.spare4,
decode(bitand(i.flags, 2048), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(i.type#, 9, decode(o.status, 5, 'IDXTYP_INVLD',
1, 'VALID'), ''),
decode(i.type#, 9, decode(bitand(i.flags, 16), 16, 'FAILED', 'VALID'), ''),
decode(bitand(i.property, 16), 0, '',
decode(bitand(i.flags, 1024), 0, 'ENABLED', 'DISABLED')),
decode(bitand(i.property, 1024), 1024, 'YES', 'NO'),
decode(bitand(i.property, 16384), 16384, 'YES', 'NO'),
decode(bitand(o.flags, 128), 128, 'YES', 'NO'),
decode(bitand(i.flags,2097152),2097152,'INVISIBLE','VISIBLE'),
decode(i.type#, 9, decode(bitand(i.property, 2048), 2048,
'SYSTEM_MANAGED', 'USER_MANAGED'), '')
from sys.ts$ ts, sys.seg$ s,
sys.user$ iu, sys.obj$ io, sys.user$ u, sys.ind$ i, sys.obj$ o,
sys.user$ itu, sys.obj$ ito
where u.user# = o.owner#
and o.obj# = i.obj#
and i.bo# = io.obj#
and io.owner# = iu.user#
and bitand(i.flags, 4096) = 0
and bitand(o.flags, 128) = 0
and i.ts# = ts.ts# (+)
and i.file# = s.file# (+)
and i.block# = s.block# (+)
and i.ts# = s.ts# (+)
and i.indmethod# = ito.obj# (+)
and ito.owner# = itu.user# (+)

 
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