RE: Can I partition my primary key constraint index?

From: Vadim Gorbounov <vgorbounov_at_simplyengineering.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 13:55:20 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00301855.20010511135553@fatcity.com>

Hello, Cherie,
Short note first - when you drop primary key the associated index will be dropped too.
To partition the index you will create this index first and then alter table <table name> add constraint <index name> primary key(<column list>);
HTH

        Vadim Gorbounov
        Brainbench Master Oracle DBA
        www.brainbench.com

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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:51 PM
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Oracle will automatically create an index for your primary key constraint.

I have a lot of large partitioned tables in my data warehouse. All of my primary key indexes are non-partitioned. I would like them to be partitioned.

When I drop the constraint and re-enable it, can I specify at that time that I want the index to be partitioned? Or do I need to drop my index and rebuild it to be partitioned after the fact?

Is there any problem with having partitioned primary key indexes?

Thanks,

Cherie

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