Bug in ODT 11720 - indexed columns list in Design Table is disabled

Start VS2008
Server Explorer
Expand any oracle db
Expand Tables
Design any existing table that has an existing index that indexes more than 3 columns
Click Indexes tab
Click the index name
Try to scroll the list of indexed columns, because youre curious which columns are indexed and what order
You cant, because the control is disabled

Checks should be made to see if other controls (such as the text box for CHECK code, or the list for PKs) are similarly affected

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I do have two indices on a table which are shown in the details view. In the column 'columns' only the first 4 columns are shown that belong to the index.
If I choose an index in another detail view, all columns are shown correctly.
Where to report this bug?

I just realized this was an issue today.
Once one knows that only 4 columns are shown in the summary and that you have to click on the index name for any index that shows 4 columns to see if there are more, well that extra click is pretty simple and not a big deal.
The problem is BEFORE one knows of this. For weeks, when reviewing some indexes created by others, I was under the wrong impression about some indexes because I thought they only had the 4 columns shown. I didn't know at that time that I had to select the index and look at the detail section.
It wasn't until I just happened to click on one of them and saw more columns listed that I realized there was a bug. And yes, as far as I'm concerned, this is a bug not a feature.
At an absolute minimum, there should be something done so users know they have to look at the details. Perhaps the heading could be changed to "Columns (up to 4)" or the ellipsis or (more) could be added as someone else suggested. Even just an additional comma would help. I can't imagine why it was written to stop at 4 anyway - why does that make any sense?
This is the first time I've come to this forum so I'm not sure how to request an enhancement. I'll read a few other threads and see if I can tell.

Bug in ODT 11720 - "view" design page has serious usability issues

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In the query edit text box type:
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from
DUEL(the exercise is to make the query longer than the box
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Press DELETE to remove teh E
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Hold down any key, to start letters typing into the box.
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I think the arrow keys could be used for navigating the grid, and Alt-Down Arrow and Alt-Up Arrow could be used for viewing the drop-down list.
How about instead of allowing someone to type in the value, have them select from a list? The index columns can only be columns on the table, and if a column is already chosen for the index, remove it from the list.
I think the behavior of Microsoft's Table Designer is similiar.
What do you think?

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Database : 10g R2
OS : Windows xp
my select query is :
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FROM transaction_details
WHERE type_id=101;
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Plan
SELECT STATEMENT ALL_ROWSCost: 29 Bytes: 8,876 Cardinality: 634
1 TABLE ACCESS FULL TABLE TRANSACTION_DETAILS** Cost: 29 Bytes: 8,876 Cardinality: 634
total number of rows in the table = 1800 ;
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Edited by: 887268 on Apr 3, 2013 11:01 PM
Edited by: 887268 on Apr 3, 2013 11:02 PM

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I am sorry for being ignorant, can you please cite any scenario of locking due to bitmap indices? A link can be useful as well.
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See my full reply in this thread
Bitmap index for FKs on Fact tables
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ETL is affected because DML operations (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) on tables with bitmapped indexes can have serious performance issues due to the serialization involved. Updating a single bit-mapped column value (e.g. from 'M' to 'F' for gender) requires both bitmapped index blocks to be locked until the update is complete. A bitmap index stored ROWID ranges (min rowid - max rowid) than can span many, many records. The entire 'range' of rowids is locked in order to change just one value.
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Vikas,
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Edited by: wenjing wang on Feb 15, 2008 6:42 AM
Edited by: wenjing wang on Feb 15, 2008 6:57 AM

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here,
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