RE: Indexing DATE column

From: Siva_Chintalapati <Siva_Chintalapati_at_satyam.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:27:41 +0530
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What is B-Tree Index and function based index.

Siva

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> From: Helmut Daiminger[SMTP:hdaiminger_at_vivonet.com]
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> Subject: Indexing DATE column
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> Hi!
>
> This is kind of a basic question, but I just wanted to make sure: if I
> want
> to index a DATE column, do I use a regular B-tree index or do I use a
> function based index?
>
> This is 8.1.6 on AIX.
>
> Thanks,
> Helmut
>
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What is B-Tree Index = and function based index.

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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"MS Sans Serif">From:</FONT></B> &nbsp; =
<FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"MS Sans Serif">Helmut =

Daiminger[SMTP:hdaiminger_at_vivonet.com] Reply To: =       ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
 Sent:   = Thursday, August 24, 2000 12:15 = AM
 To: =     Multiple = recipients of list ORACLE-L
 Subject: =        Indexing DATE column

Hi!

This is kind of a basic question, but = I just wanted to make sure: if I want to index a DATE column, do I use a = regular B-tree index or do I use a function based index?

This is 8.1.6 on AIX.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Helmut</FONT>
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