That's normal for a DESCending index, as Oracle creates a function-based index for this. Check all|user|dba_ind_expressions for the column name in column_expression.
- Kirti -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi I create a table as follows: create table a ( a number(1)); Then I create index as : create index ia on a(a desc); If i see the index columns as : select index_name, table_name, column_name, column_position from all_ind_columns where table_name = 'A'; index_name table_name column_name column_position IA A SYS_NC00002$ 1 What is the reason for the change in the column name of the index. How to avoid this? TIA -rM -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rahul Mehendale 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).
