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    I was thinking on turning the STAR_TRANSFORMATION_ENABLED parameter to true in our new data warehouse to help us in any performance gains. I was wondering if we need Bitmap indexes to be created on our tables for the star_transformation to work. Please advice

    Db - 8.1.7
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    Does the application design state it uses star schema?

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    Yes, the design states that it will use the star schema.

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    In init.ore file, Set the following parameters:

    Bitmap_Merge_Area_Size = 8388608
    Create_Bitmap_Area_Size = 8388608
    Star_Transformation_enabled = true
    Query_Rewrite_enabled = true
    Query_Rewrite_integrity = enforced or trusted


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    Thanks for the reply Tamilselvan,
    There are no Bitmap indexes in the database right now(all the indexes are B*tree). Do we need to have bitmap indexes for the star transformation to work?
    Thanks
    Vj

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    Even bitmap index is not available, STAR transformation will work with normal B-Tree indexes..

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    Thankyou

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    Originally posted by Nugpot
    Thanks for the reply Tamilselvan,
    There are no Bitmap indexes in the database right now(all the indexes are B*tree). Do we need to have bitmap indexes for the star transformation to work?
    Thanks
    Vj
    ... and when/if you make those bitmap indexes collect histograms for the bitmap-indexed columns.

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