How many different types of indexes we have in oracle?

Answer Posted / satya krishna

B-TREE INDEX, BITMAP INDEX, REVERSE INDEX, FUNCTION-BASED INDEX, ASCENDING & DESCENDING INDEX, Cluster indexes, bitmap join indexes, text indexes, Hash cluster indexes, DOMAIN INDEXES.

Indexes are logically and physically independent of the data in the associated table.

ONCE AFTER CREATING THE INDEX ORACLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY HANDLE IT LATER.

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