Ah, but it *did* allow me to build other indexes. Just not anything with multiple Freelist Groups. That's what had me puzzled.
Brian "Mercadante, Thomas F" wrote: > I'll guess the same and say "ITS ABOUT TIME!" > > How simple would it have been for Oracle to enforce this in the past! I > think it's a great idea! > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:00 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > ok i'll guess, so newbies dont shoot themselves in the foot? :) > > joe > Brian McGraw wrote: > > > > Disclaimer: This is more of a 'yeah, but why?' type of question. > > You've been forewarned. > > > > Today I was building out a test schema, and had connected as the SYS > > user to do so. The testing has to do with using different FREELIST / > > FREELIST GROUPS values. After creating my table, I was executing the > > following create index statement: > > > > ALTER TABLE "INQUIRY"."TSR_DETAILS" > > ADD CONSTRAINT "TSR_PK" PRIMARY KEY > > ("POLICY_NUMBER", "POLICY_SUFFIX", "ENTRY_DATE") > > USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 4 MAXTRANS 255 > > STORAGE(INITIAL 1m next 1m minextents 1 maxextents unlimited > > pctincrease 0 freelists 4 freelist groups 2) > > TABLESPACE "INQUIRY_INDEX" ENABLE ; > > > > I got the following error, which I had never seen before: > > > > ERROR at line 5: > > ORA-02001: user SYS is not permitted to create indexes with > > freelist groups > > > > Metalink had the following to say: > > > > Error: ORA 2001 > > Text: user SYS is not permitted to create indexes with freelist > > groups > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > > > Cause: user tried to create an index with freelist groups while > > running with SYS authorization. > > Action: Either do not create the index, do not use freelist groups > > or > > switch to USER authorization. > > > > Support Notes: > > You should not be creating indexes as SYS without a specific > > reason. > > > > Of course, I connected as my user and finished building out the > > schema. > > > > But now I'm curious - does anybody know why Oracle advises that you > > not create indexes as SYS? I always assumed that as long as tables > > were properly prefixed with an owner, you could build out schemas > > connected as SYS or SYSTEM. > > > > Brian > > -- > > -------------------------------------- > > | Brian McGraw -- Oracle DBA | > > | Central Alabama Oracle Users Group | > > |------------------------------------| > > | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | http://bmcgraw.home.mindspring.com | > > -------------------------------------- > > > > -- > Joe Testa > Performing Remote DBA Services, need some backup DBA support? > For Sale: Oracle-dba.com domain, its not going cheap but feel free to > ask :) > IM: n8xcthome or joen8xct > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Joe Testa > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- -------------------------------------- | Brian McGraw -- Oracle DBA | | Central Alabama Oracle Users Group | |------------------------------------| | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://bmcgraw.home.mindspring.com | -------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Brian McGraw INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).