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    Question Querying table with no Primary Key

    hello everybody,
    I have a table with 3lakhs records but unfortunately the table does not have a primary key defined, how can I make the querying of the table faster, if my query contains a where clause like say 'where invno like '%parameter%';.

    STRUCTURE OF THE TABLE IS AS FOLLOWS:
    LOCNID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(6) => foreign key
    DOCNO NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
    DOCDT NOT NULL DATE
    DOCID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(14)
    VCH_TYPE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(2)
    SRNO NUMBER(4)
    ACT_CODE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(9) => foreign key
    PARTICULARS VARCHAR2(100)
    DRAWEE_BANK VARCHAR2(30)
    CHEQNO VARCHAR2(15)
    CHEQDT DATE
    INVNO VARCHAR2(10)
    INVDT DATE
    CSTCD VARCHAR2(8)
    ANLYCD VARCHAR2(4)
    GLEDG_DR_AMT NUMBER(12,3)
    GLEDG_CR_AMT NUMBER(12,3)
    GLEDG_BALANCE_AMT NUMBER(12,3)
    PENDING_UPDATED_FLAG VARCHAR2(1)
    STATUS VARCHAR2(1)

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    Re: Querying table with no Primary Key

    Originally posted by sfdba
    where invno like '%parameter%';
    with that there is no way you can use an index

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    sfdba you can use something like
    CREATE INDEX [schema.]index on [schema.]table(column) INDEXTYPE IS
    ctxsys.context [PARAMETERS(paramstring)] [PARALLEL N];
    but it will help you with search on whole words, not parts of them.

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    before start to use intermedia better read how to maintain it!

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    Originally posted by pando
    before start to use intermedia better read how to maintain it!
    I agree 100%, I haven't used it in 9i, but in 8.1.7 it has some problems (mainly with the rebuilding/refreshing of the index). Also there was a new type of index that was synchronous with DML on the table and was suitable for smaller columns.

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    Originally posted by stancho
    I agree 100%, I haven't used it in 9i, but in 8.1.7 it has some problems (mainly with the rebuilding/refreshing of the index). Also there was a new type of index that was synchronous with DML on the table and was suitable for smaller columns.
    Do you mean CTXSYS.CTXCAT index? CTXCAT indexes are for a combination of structured query (normal where conditions) and text queries. It was introduced in 8.1.7. And yes, CTXCAT indexes are transactional.

    And if I remember correctly: CTXCAT indexes cannot be created in 9i on varchar2 columns, while this was possible in 8i.
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    Re: Re: Querying table with no Primary Key

    Originally posted by pando
    with that there is no way you can use an index
    A fast full index scan might be beneficial, but you might have to hint in order to get oracle to use it.
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    Re: Re: Re: Querying table with no Primary Key

    Originally posted by slimdave
    A fast full index scan might be beneficial, but you might have to hint in order to get oracle to use it.
    Well any supporting example?

    I tried, but result was negative..

    Code:
    US18_DEV> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
    
      1* Select * from Reporting_Product_Hier RPH where Pin like '%ABHAY%'
    US18_DEV> /
    
    no rows selected
    
    Elapsed: 00:00:44.09
    
    Execution Plan
    ----------------------------------------------------------
       0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=6212 Card=43169 Bytes=16015699)
       1    0   TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'REPORTING_PRODUCT_HIER' (Cost=6212 Card=43169 Bytes=16015699)
    
    Statistics
    ----------------------------------------------------------
              0  recursive calls
              0  db block gets
         101917  consistent gets
          85412  physical reads
              0  redo size
           2995  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
            372  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
              1  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
              0  sorts (memory)
              0  sorts (disk)
              0  rows processed
    
    US18_DEV> Select /*+ INDEX_FFS(RPH PK_Reporting_Product_Hier) */ * from Reporting_Product_Hier RPH where Pin like '%ABHAY%';
    
    no rows selected
    
    Elapsed: 00:01:30.07
    
    Execution Plan
    ----------------------------------------------------------
       0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=5317 Card=43169 Bytes=16015699)
       1    0   TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'REPORTING_PRODUCT_HIER' (Cost=5317 Card=43169 Bytes=16015699)
       2    1     INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_REPORTING_PRODUCT_HIER' (UNIQUE) (Cost=221 Card=43169)
    
    Statistics
    ----------------------------------------------------------
              0  recursive calls
              0  db block gets
         106795  consistent gets
         104568  physical reads
              0  redo size
           2995  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
            372  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
              1  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
              0  sorts (memory)
              0  sorts (disk)
              0  rows processed
    Well had it gone for FFS then it would have been pretty good, but i doubt if it would by any chance?

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    yes, fast full index scan is a bit tricky somtimes. You might try re-writing as ...
    Code:
    Select * from Reporting_Product_Hier
    Where Rowid in
    (
    Select /*+ INDEX_FFS(RPH PK_Reporting_Product_Hier) */ rowid from Reporting_Product_Hier RPH where Pin like '%ABHAY%'
    );
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    .. or even ...
    Code:
    Select * from Reporting_Product_Hier
    Where Pin in
    (
    Select /*+ INDEX_FFS(RPH PK_Reporting_Product_Hier) */ Distinct Pin from Reporting_Product_Hier RPH where Pin like '%ABHAY%'
    );
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