Re: Reverse key indexes -- REQUEST_ID in FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS -- was RE: Table growth - disk sizing

  • From: Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oracle-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:31:42 -0600

That is exactly the set of circumstances that REVERSE key indexes are
designed for.  Go for it, brother!


on 8/26/05 5:49 AM, Hemant K Chitale at hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> I have frequently wondered if REQUEST_ID  in the Oracle Applications table
> FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS
> would be a good candidate to index using a Reverse Key index.  There are
> certain peak times in my
> organisation's ERP processing when 3500 requests may be submitted within
> the space of 30 to 50 minutes
> {Event Alert Triggers}.
> This column is a Unique Key (could actually have been defined as a Primary
> Key) and is queried by single
> values, not by range scans.  {Other queries on the table may be executing
> Range Scans on the
> REQUESTED_START_DATE or ACTUAL_START_DATE  (for daily "Performance of
> Concurrent Requests" reports)
> or USER_ID columns}
> 
> Should I try rebuilding FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_U1 on REQUEST_ID as a
> Reverse Key Index ?
> Opinions ?
> 
> Hemant

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