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[Tips] 关于虚拟索引(Virtual Index) [复制链接]

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发表于 2007-5-16 11:29:06 |显示全部楼层

在数据库优化中，索引的重要性不言而喻。但是，在性能调整过程中，一个索引是否能被查询用到，在索引创建之前是无法确定的，而创建索引是一个代价比较高的操作，尤其是数据量较大的时候。

虚拟索引不是物理存在的，它并不会创建实际的索引段，只是在数据字典中加了一个索引的记录，使得优化器能够意识到一个索引的存在，从而判断是否使用该索引作为访问路径。当然，实际上最终查询的访问路径是不会使用该虚拟索引的。

所以，虚拟索引的用处就是用来判断一个索引对于sql的执行计划的影响，尤其是对整个数据库的影响，从而判断是否需要创建物理索引。

oracle文档中并没有提到虚拟索引的创建语法，实际上就是普通索引语法后面加一个nosegment关键字即可，B*Tree index和bitmap index都可以。

不同版本的虚拟索引的特性可能不一样，本文的例子执行环境为：
[php]
NING@ning>select * from v$version;

BANNER
----------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.3.0    Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
--
[/php]
1.创建虚拟索引
[php]
NING@ning>create table test(id int,name varchar2(30));

Table created.

NING@ning>insert into test select rownum,object_name from all_objects where rownum<1001;

1000 rows created.

NING@ning>commit;

Commit complete.

NING@ning>create unique index ix_test on test(id) nosegment;

Index created.

NING@ning>analyze table test compute statistics;

Table analyzed.
--
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2.使用虚拟索引
[php]
NING@ning>explain plan for select * from test where id=1;

Explained.

NING@ning>select * from table(dbms_xplan.display());

PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1357081020

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation       | Name | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time    |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT  |    |    1 | 17 |    3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  1 |  TABLE ACCESS FULL| TEST |    1 | 17 |    3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/php]
必须设置隐含参数"_use_nosegment_indexes"=true（默认为false)后，CBO才能使用虚拟索引ix_test
[php]
NING@ning>alter session set "_use_nosegment_indexes"=true;

Session altered.

NING@ning>select * from table(dbms_xplan.display());

PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 166686173

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation                | Name | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time    |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT          |       |    1 | 17 |    2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEST |    1 | 17 |    2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  2 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN       | IX_TEST |    1 |    |    1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/php]
RBO无法使用虚拟索引
[php]
NING@ning>alter session set optimizer_mode=rule;

Session altered.

NING@ning>explain plan for select * from test where id=1;

Explained.

NING@ning>select * from table(dbms_xplan.display());

PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
-----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1357081020

----------------------------------
| Id  | Operation       | Name |
----------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT  |    |
|*  1 |  TABLE ACCESS FULL| TEST |
----------------------------------
[/php]
RBO使用hint可以使用虚拟索引
[php]
NING@ning>explain plan for select /*+ index(test,ix_test)*/* from test where id=1;

Explained.

NING@ning>select * from table(dbms_xplan.display());

PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 166686173

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation                | Name | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time    |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT          |       |    1 | 17 |    2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEST |    1 | 17 |    2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  2 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN       | IX_TEST |    1 |    |    1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/php]
3.虚拟索引的特性

无法执行alter index
[php]
NING@ning>alter index ix_test rebuild;
alter index ix_test rebuild
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-08114: can not alter a fake index

NING@ning>alter index ix_test rename to ix_test2;
alter index ix_test rename to ix_test2
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-08114: can not alter a fake index
--
[/php]
不能创建和虚拟索引同名的实际索引
[php]
NING@ning>create index ix_test on test(name);
create index ix_test on test(name)
         *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object
--
[/php]
可以创建和虚拟索引包含相同列但不同名的实际索引
[php]
NING@ning>create index ix_test2 on test(id);

Index created.
--
[/php]
在10g使用回收站特性的时候，虚拟索引必须显式drop，或者在drop table后purge table后，才能创建同名的索引
[php]
NING@ning>drop table test;

Table dropped.

NING@ning>create unique index ix_test on test2(id);
create unique index ix_test on test2(id)
                  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object

NING@ning>drop index ix_test;
drop index ix_test
         *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-38301: can not perform DDL/DML over objects in Recycle Bin

NING@ning>purge table test;

Table purged.

NING@ning>create unique index ix_test on test2(id);

Index created.
--
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发表于 2007-5-16 14:55:20 |显示全部楼层

Is virtual index first introduced in oracle 10g release 2?

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发表于 2007-5-16 14:57:39 |显示全部楼层

No, you can use this feature in 9i or some other versions. I do not know exactly which version instroduced this function.Because it's undocumented.

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发表于 2007-5-16 15:04:03 |显示全部楼层

undocumented in any version?
i do not like some features which are undocumented.Obviously, Oracle does not recommend we use the technology which is undocumented.

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