Leonard, George apparently said,on my timestamp of 28/01/2005 8:51 PM: > Got this query from a developer, or actually they are actually arguing > with the DBA team. > > Table A - master, acc number field also only column in PK > > Table B - Child, acc Number Field acc number is the first > column in PK, PK contains 2 more columns. > > DBA's are saying we don't need a normal non unique stand alone index on > the acc Number field for table B. > > Developers want a separate index, > > COMMENT? > Developers are wrong. -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l