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Let's save some space by using COMPRESSED INDEXES

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Summary: An index created on column that has many duplicated rows can be tuned to save space as well as I/O trips by compressing the index defined on it.

Details: By default when we create index in Oracle, the compression is disabled on it. What if we have an index defined on a column that contains last name of all the customers, some of the names are very common as a last name. We can take advantage of this duplicated data by compressing the index defined on it. This is where the KEY-COMPRESS INDEXES comes in handy.

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