Oh.. Primary key index is missing!

Question

Database: 10.2.0.4.0
Platform : Linux
SQL> SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME,CONSTRAINT_TYPE,INDEX_NAME FROM DBA_CONSTRAINTS WHER
E TABLE_NAME='ISSUE_COMMENTS';
CONSTRAINT_NAME C STATUS VALIDATED
SYS_C0031516 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0031517 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0031519 P ENABLED VALIDATED
SQL> SELECT INDEX_NAME,TABLE_NAME FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE TABLE_NAME='ISSUE_COMMENTS';
INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS ISSUE_COMMENTS
SQL> select distinct index_name,column_name,table_name from dba_ind_columns wher
e table_name in ('ISSUE_COMMENTS');
INDEX_NAME COLUMN_NAME TABLE_NAME
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS IDX ISSUE_COMMENTS
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS ISSUE_ID ISSUE_COMMENTS
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS PARENT_ID ISSUE_COMMENTS
Where is the index for the primary key 'SYS_C0031519'?
SQL>
After droping and recreating the primary key also,just primary constrainy is created but there is no corresponding index.
SQL> ALTER TABLE ISSUE_COMMENTS DROP CONSTRAINT SYS_C0031519;
Table altered.
SQL> ALTER TABLE ISSUE_COMMENTS ADD PRIMARY KEY (IDX)
2 USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 COMPUTE STATISTICS
3 STORAGE(INITIAL 32768 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
4 PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
5 TABLESPACE "TABLE_DATA" ENABLE;
Table altered.
SQL> SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME,CONSTRAINT_TYPE,status,validated FROM DBA_CONSTRAINT
S WHERE TABLE_NAME='ISSUE_COMMENTS';
CONSTRAINT_NAME C STATUS VALIDATED
SYS_C0031516 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0031517 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0034310 P ENABLED VALIDATED
SQL> SELECT INDEX_NAME,TABLE_NAME FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE TABLE_NAME='ISSUE_COMMENTS';
INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS ISSUE_COMMENTS
SQL> select distinct index_name,column_name,table_name from dba_ind_columns wher
e table_name in ('ISSUE_COMMENTS');
INDEX_NAME COLUMN_NAME TABLE_NAME
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS IDX ISSUE_COMMENTS
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS ISSUE_ID ISSUE_COMMENTS
INDEX_ISSUE_COMMENTS PARENT_ID ISSUE_COMMENTS
Here also, the primary key constraint SYS_C0034310 is available but there is no index for that primary key.
Where the primary index has gone?

Answer 1

MohanaKrishnan wrote:
Database: 10.2.0.4.0
Platform : Linux
SQL> SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME,CONSTRAINT_TYPE,INDEX_NAME FROM DBA_CONSTRAINTS WHER
E TABLE_NAME='ISSUE_COMMENTS';
CONSTRAINT_NAME C STATUS VALIDATED
SYS_C0031516 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0031517 C ENABLED VALIDATED
SYS_C0031519 P ENABLED VALIDATED
Your first query is not consistent with the first set of results you have displayed.
Your later query for index columns is also not very helpful as it won't list the column names in the right order.
The probably answer to your question is that the index you have is non-unique and starts with the column you've used for the primary key, which means Oracle can use it to support the primary key constraint. Here's a quick cut-n-paste from a SQL*Plus session to demonstrate the point:
SQL> create table t1 (n1 number, v1 varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> create index t1_n1 on t1(n1);
Index created.
SQL> alter table t1 add primary key(n1);
Table altered.
SQL> select index_name from user_indexes where table_name = 'T1';
INDEX_NAME
T1_N1
1 row selected.
SQL> select constraint_name, constraint_type, index_name from user_constraints
  2  where table_name = 'T1';
CONSTRAINT_NAME      C INDEX_NAME
SYS_C0033465         P T1_N1
1 row selected.
SQL> spool offNote how I've added a primary key with no name, and Oracle has decided to use the t1_n1 index to support it.
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Jonathan Lewis
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Edited by: Jonathan Lewis on Dec 31, 2008 2:16 PM
Apologies to Satish - I didn't see either prior post