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Understanding Bind Variable Peeking & CURSOR_SHARING Parameter In Oracle Database

Bind Variable Peeking Introduced in 9i,in bind variable peeking (also known as bind peeking), the optimizer looks at the value…

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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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Understanding Package Level Caching In Oracle Database.

A package-based cache consists of one or more variables declared at the package level,rather than in any subprogram of the…

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Understanding Function Based Index In Oracle Database

Traditionally, performing a function on an indexed column in the where clause of a query guaranteed an index would not…

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Understanding Reverse Key Index In Oracle Database

Reverse B-TREE key indexes reverses the bytes of the key value in the index to reduce Index block contention. Index…

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Understanding Bitmap Index in Oracle database

BITMAP index are different from B-TREE index in the manner they store data. • B-TREE index stores data in tree…

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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 Materialized View ON PREBUILT TABLE

The “ON PREBUILT TABLE” clause is used when you have already created a replicated table using “CTAS” and now want…