Hmmm. I dont know if query_rewrite_enabled would handle that transparently or not, but it might be worth finding out. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:18 PM, dd yakkali <dd.yakkali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andrew, thanks for the reply, but the queries have to be segregated to go > against the mview in certain cases versus table in other cases. This calls > for code changes and you know how any thing to change code goes through a > lot of red tape. > > thanks > Deen > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Well, you could create a materialized view of the previous days data and >> index that. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:36 PM, dd yakkali <dd.yakkali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> hello dbas, >>> >>> Some one asked me that teradata can create index for only a subset of >>> rows of a table. We have a huge table (5 billion) which is for few months of >>> data but the data for most part is accessed for yesterday. So the question >>> is: is there any way to create index only for yesterday. >>> >>> Google did not come up wth any hits. >>> >>> thanks >>> Deen >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew W. Kerber >> >> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' >> > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'