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Index Organized Tables (IOT) in Oracle

Index Organized Tables (IOT) have their primary key data and non-key column data stored within the same B*Tree structure. Effectively, the data is stored within the primary key index. There are several reasons to use this type of table.

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Why Use Index Organized Tables

Creation Of Index Organized Tables

To create an index organized table you must:

In addition you can:

CREATE TABLE locations
(id           NUMBER(10),
 description  VARCHAR2(50)  NOT NULL,
 map          BLOB,
 CONSTRAINT pk_locations PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
ORGANIZATION INDEX 
TABLESPACE iot_tablespace
PCTTHRESHOLD 20
INCLUDING description
OVERFLOW TABLESPACE overflow_tablespace;

Maintenance Of Index Organized Tables

As with B*Tree indexes, IOTs can become fragmented and may need to be rebuilt. If the IOT has no overflow it can be rebuilt offline or online.

ALTER TABLE table_name MOVE INITRANS 10;
ALTER TABLE table_name MOVE ONLINE INITRANS 10;

If the IOT does have overflow it can only be rebuilt offline.

ALTER TABLE table_name MOVE TABLESPACE iot_tablespace OVERFLOW TABLESPACE overflow_tablespace;

For more information see:

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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