Indexes store the rowids. Right? When the table row moved to a different place, the internal 'rowid' for it changed, making the rowid in indexes useless (or unusable).
Since the 'alter table move' command does not automatically rebuild the indexes with new rowids, the DBA has to do it (at least up to Oracle9i Rel 2) !! - Kirti -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thomas / Amar, I moved the tables from SYSTEM to the DATA tablespace. But now I am getting the following error. "ORA-01502: index 'ETAIL_TEST_NEW.AGENT_PK' or partition of such index is in unusable state" Is it because of moving the table to a different tablespace or is it something else? TIA regards, Karthik -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Karthik, Look at the ALTER TABLE {table_name} MOVE {tablespace}; command. It will do exactly what you want. You can also ALTER INDEX {index_name} REBUILD {tablespace} to move indexes. Hope this helps. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:58 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, Some of my tables are accidentally created in the SYSTEM tablespace. Is there any way to move the records and the table to some other tablespace? regards, Karthik -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Karthikeyan S INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Deshpande, Kirti INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).