Category: Performance Tuning

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Understanding COMPOSITE/SUB PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Composite partitioning OR sub partitioning is a partitioning technique in which the table is initially partitioned by the first data…

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Understanding HASH PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Hash partitioning is a partitioning technique where a hash key generated through a hashing algorithm is used to distribute rows…

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Understanding INTERVAL PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Interval partitioning method is introduced in Oracle 11g. This is an extension to range partitioning where Oracle automatically creates a…

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Understanding REFERENCE PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Reference partitioning is a partitioning method introduced in Oracle 11g. Using reference partitioning, a child table can inherit the partitioning…

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Understanding RANGE PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Use RANGE PARTITION when you want to access data on a frequent basis in a large table based on some…

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Understanding LIST PARTITION In Oracle Database.

Use list partition when you already have a predefined set of values for which you are expecting the data.You should…

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Index Spawning Vs Index Splitting In B-Tree Index

The phenomenon of vertical tree growth or height increase is known as “Index Spawning”. Happens in Auto-incremental scenario. The phenomenon…

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Understanding ONLINE Split Partition In Oracle Database 12c.

In Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) the SPLIT PARTITION operations on heap tables can be performed online so they…

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Understanding SET TRANSACTION In Oracle 19c

The SET TRANSACTION statement allows you to begin a read-only or read-write session,establish an isolation level,or assign the current transaction…

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Understanding Oracle Index Scan Methods

INDEX SCAN define how the Optimizer will traverse the index block to get the result. It is a access path…