Hamid On a partitioned table you can create either global (normal) indexes or local (partitioned) indexes. There are advantages and disadvantages to each, but you could start with normal indexes and then switch to partitioned indexes as you find the need.
Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:55 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear List, I have a table which partitioned on date range & This table has 10 indexes on it I just wondered do I have to Partitioned all the 10 indexes or NOT? Example: Create table test(col1 number,col2 number,col3 number,col4 date) tablespace data partition by range(col4) ( partition part1 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2003-12-30 00:00:00')) , (partition part2 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2004-12-30 00:00:00')) can the indexes be like this: create index idx_1 on test(col2) tablespace users OR I have to create all the indexes as partition index? Appreciate your help Thanks, Hamid Alavi Office : 818-737-0526 Cell phone : 818-416-5095 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Hamid Alavi 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.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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).