RE: Oracle's Max Index Size

Dwayne,
I found this in the 8.1.6 Application Developer Guide. Creating Indexes
You can create an index for a table to improve the performance of queries issued against the corresponding table. You can also create an index for a cluster. You can create a composite index on multiple columns up to a maximum of 32 columns. A composite index key cannot exceed roughly one-half (minus some overhead) of the available space in the data block.

Michael Armstead
Database Administrator, OCP-Certified
Corporate & Finance Information Systems
Glaxo SmithKline

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> From: Dwayne Cox [SMTP:dwaynec_at_infotechfl.com]
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> Subject: Oracle's Max Index Size
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> Just want to make sure I understand this correctly:
>
> In Oracle 8i, what is the maximum index size for a database? I found a
> reference that said that Oracle can handle 16 columns max for an index and
>
> a table can have any number of indexes.
>
> I guess I was looking for hard numbers.
>
> TIA
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