{"id":2182,"date":"2011-03-03T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/oracle-index-compression-eliminating-duplicate-column-values\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T01:59:00","slug":"oracle-index-compression-eliminating-duplicate-column-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/oracle-index-compression-eliminating-duplicate-column-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle index compression: eliminating duplicate column values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Index compression\u00a0comes from Oracle 8i and has quite the same mechanism as table compression. Index compression eliminates duplicate column values in the leaf blocks. Let&#8217;s see how it works:<\/p>\n<p>We start by creating an index on an uncompressed table:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: sql; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">SQL&gt; create index nocomp_i1 on nocomp (object_name,object_id);\nIndex created.<\/pre>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at how many leaf blocks the newly created index has:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: sql; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">SQL&gt; select leaf_blocks from user_indexes where index_name = 'NOCOMP_I1';\u00a0\nLEAF_BLOCKS\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 407<\/pre>\n<p>If you want to estimate the ideal compression factor and the percentage of leaf blocks that can be saved, you need to consult INDEX_STATS view after validating the newly created index (watch out, this will lock the index):<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: sql; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">SQL&gt; validate index nocomp_i1;\u00a0\nIndex analyzed.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSQL&gt; select opt_cmpr_count,opt_cmpr_pctsave from index_stats;\u00a0\nOPT_CMPR_COUNT OPT_CMPR_PCTSAVE\n-------------- ----------------\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<\/pre>\n<p>&#8220;opt_cmpr_count&#8221; = number of columns to compress in the index to get maximum space savings in the leaf blocks.<br \/>\n&#8220;opt_cmpr_pctsave&#8221; = percentage reduction in leaf block space used if we apply this compression count.<\/p>\n<p>The previous result shows that the ideal compression factor is 1 and will reduce the number of leaf blocks by 15 %.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: sql; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">SQL&gt; alter index nocomp_i1 rebuild compress 1;\u00a0\nIndex altered.\nSQL&gt; select leaf_blocks from user_indexes where index_name = 'NOCOMP_I1';\u00a0\nLEAF_BLOCKS\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 345<\/pre>\n<p>The result is correct : 407 * 15 % = 61 and 407-61 = 346!<br \/>\nIf we now validate the index again, we can verify that the compression factor of 1 is fine and no leaf blocks can be eliminated anymore:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: sql; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">SQL&gt; validate index nocomp_i1;\u00a0 Index analyzed.\nSQL&gt; select opt_cmpr_count,opt_cmpr_pctsave from index_stats;\u00a0\nOPT_CMPR_COUNT OPT_CMPR_PCTSAVE\n-------------- ----------------\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Index compression&nbsp;comes from Oracle 8i and has quite the same  mechanism as table compression. 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