Re: Coalesce index

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:32:06 +0800
Message-ID: <41EF5E76.25EE@yahoo.com>

Oradba Linux wrote:
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> What is this used for ? Can this be done online?

Yes can be done online.

Attempts to improve indexes by shrinking the number of leaf blocks by merging adjacent blocks with free space

hth
connor

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