Another reason is that a single index entry must fit within a single block. The 11g documentation states:
"The maximum size of a single index entry is approximately one-half the data block size."
I didn't think that it was that low, but it's been a while since I've run into this issue.
At 11:03 PM 1/28/2009, hrishy wrote:
HiI have inherited a database where the indexes alone are in the 32k block tablespaces.Now without any documentation or anything for a hint i am just wundering why did the original designers design it like that?What are the pro's and cons of such a approach ? regards Hrishy -- http:// www. freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l