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    Rebuild btree index myth ?

    This PDF by Richard Foote uses quotes from Burleson and Niemec which he disagrees with and considers 'myths'.

    Rebuilding The Truth

    http://www.actoug.org.au/Downloads/o..._internals.pdf

    The vast majority of indexes do not require rebuilding

    Oracle B-tree indexes can become “unbalanced” and
    need to be rebuilt is a myth

    Deleted space in an index is “deadwood” and over time
    requires the index to be rebuilt is a myth

    If an index reaches “x” number of levels, it becomes
    inefficient and requires the index to be rebuilt is a myth

    If an index has a poor clustering factor, the index needs
    to be rebuilt is a myth

    To improve performance, indexes need to be regularly
    rebuilt is a myth

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    unless you have a question in there - its all correct

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    Jonathan Lewis just wrote something on that also ... http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/indexes_i.html
    David Aldridge,
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    And I thought the war was over.
    There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks...

    Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it's friends are.

    Oracle DBA

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    Originally posted by simply_dba
    And I thought the war was over.
    It's been downgraded to a Police Action.
    David Aldridge,
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    So, everybody is doing the "post mortem" of their own
    There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks...

    Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it's friends are.

    Oracle DBA

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