Bitmap Join Index on Partitioned Table

Question

Are there any restrictions on creating a bitmap join index on a partition table (I think that the bitmap indexes can only be created as local on partitioned tables)?
Thanks in advance
Murthy.

Answer 1

Fair enough. I've included a cut-down set of SQL below.
CREATE TABLE DIMENSION_DATE
DATE_ID NUMBER,
CALENDAR_DATE DATE,
CONSTRAINT DATE_ID
PRIMARY KEY
(DATE_ID)
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX DATE_I1 ON DIMENSION_DATE
(CALENDAR_DATE, DATE_ID);
CREATE TABLE ORDER_F
ORDER_ID VARCHAR2(40 BYTE),
SUBMITTEDDATE_FK NUMBER,
COMPLETEDDATE_FK NUMBER,
-- Then I add the first bitmap index, which works:
CREATE BITMAP INDEX SUBMITTEDDATE_FK ON ORDER_F
(DIMENSION_DATE.DATE_ID)
FROM ORDER_F, DIMENSION_DATE
WHERE ORDER_F.SUBMITTEDDATE_FK = DIMENSION_DATE.DATE_ID;
-- Then attempt the next one:
CREATE BITMAP INDEX completeddate_fk
ON ORDER_F(b.date_id)
FROM ORDER_F, DIMENSION_DATE b
WHERE ORDER_F.completeddate_fk = b.date_id;
-- which results in:
-- ORA-01408: such column list already indexed