Partitioned IOT of Object Type - mapping table not allowed for bitmap index

Question

Hi,
looks like a feature available for standard Partitioned IOTs is not supported for object based tables, namely the MAPPING TABLE construct to support secondary local bitmap indexes.
Can you confirm behaviour is as expected/documented?
If so, is a fix/enhancement to support mapping table for object-based Partitioned IOTs in the pipeline?
Results for partition-wise load using pipelined table function are very good, look-ups across tens of millions of rows are excellent.
Environment = Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
OS = Oracle Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Carthage) 2.6.18 92.el5 (32-bit)
Here's the potted test-case...
1) First the non object based Partitioned IOT - data is range-partitioned across the alphabet
CREATE TABLE IOT_Table (
textData VARCHAR2(10),
numberData NUMBER(10,0),
CONSTRAINT IOT_Table_PK PRIMARY KEY(textData))
ORGANIZATION INDEX MAPPING TABLE PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire
PARTITION BY RANGE (textData)
(PARTITION Text_Part_A VALUES LESS THAN ('B') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_B VALUES LESS THAN ('C') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_C VALUES LESS THAN ('D') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_D VALUES LESS THAN ('E') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_E VALUES LESS THAN ('F') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_F VALUES LESS THAN ('G') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_G VALUES LESS THAN ('H') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_H VALUES LESS THAN ('I') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_I VALUES LESS THAN ('J') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_J VALUES LESS THAN ('K') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_K VALUES LESS THAN ('L') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_L VALUES LESS THAN ('M') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_M VALUES LESS THAN ('N') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_N VALUES LESS THAN ('O') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_O VALUES LESS THAN ('P') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_P VALUES LESS THAN ('Q') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Q VALUES LESS THAN ('R') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_R VALUES LESS THAN ('S') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_S VALUES LESS THAN ('T') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_T VALUES LESS THAN ('U') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_U VALUES LESS THAN ('V') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_V VALUES LESS THAN ('W') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_W VALUES LESS THAN ('X') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_X VALUES LESS THAN ('Y') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Y VALUES LESS THAN ('Z') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Z VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE) PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0))
NOLOGGING PARALLEL -- FLASHBACK ARCHIVE IOT_Flashback_Data
SQL> table IOT_TABLE created.
2) Create the local secondary bitmap index utilising the underlying mapping table
CREATE BITMAP INDEX IOT_Table_BMI1 ON IOT_Table (numberData)
LOCAL STORAGE (INITIAL 1M PCTINCREASE 0 NEXT 512K) NOLOGGING PARALLEL;
SQL> bitmap index IOT_TABLE_BMI1 created.
3) Quick test to confirm all ok
SQL> INSERT INTO IOT_Table VALUES ('ABC123',100);
SQL> 1 rows inserted.
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOT_Table;
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
ABC123     100
4) Now create a minimal object type to use as the template for object table
CREATE TYPE IOT_type AS OBJECT
textData VARCHAR2(10 CHAR),
numberData NUMBER(10,0)
) FINAL
SQL> TYPE IOT_type compiled
5) Attempt to create an object-based range partitioned IOT, including MAPPING TABLE clause as per step (1)
CREATE TABLE IOTObj_Table OF IOT_type (textData PRIMARY KEY)
OBJECT IDENTIFIER IS PRIMARY KEY ORGANIZATION INDEX
MAPPING TABLE -- we'd like to use this feature to enable use of Bitmap Indexes...
PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire
PARTITION BY RANGE (textData)
(PARTITION Text_Part_A VALUES LESS THAN ('B') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_B VALUES LESS THAN ('C') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_C VALUES LESS THAN ('D') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_D VALUES LESS THAN ('E') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_E VALUES LESS THAN ('F') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_F VALUES LESS THAN ('G') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_G VALUES LESS THAN ('H') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_H VALUES LESS THAN ('I') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_I VALUES LESS THAN ('J') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_J VALUES LESS THAN ('K') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_K VALUES LESS THAN ('L') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_L VALUES LESS THAN ('M') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_M VALUES LESS THAN ('N') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_N VALUES LESS THAN ('O') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_O VALUES LESS THAN ('P') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_P VALUES LESS THAN ('Q') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Q VALUES LESS THAN ('R') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_R VALUES LESS THAN ('S') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_S VALUES LESS THAN ('T') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_T VALUES LESS THAN ('U') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_U VALUES LESS THAN ('V') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_V VALUES LESS THAN ('W') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_W VALUES LESS THAN ('X') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_X VALUES LESS THAN ('Y') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Y VALUES LESS THAN ('Z') PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0),
PARTITION Text_Part_Z VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE) PCTFREE 0 TABLESPACE Firewire Storage (Initial 10M Next 1M PCTIncrease 0))
NOLOGGING PARALLEL -- FLASHBACK ARCHIVE IOT_Flashback_Data
This errors out with the following...
SQL Error: ORA-25182: feature not currently available for index-organized tables
25182. 00000 - "feature not currently available for index-organized tables"
*Cause:    An attempt was made to use one or more of the following feature(s) not
currently supported for index-organized tables:
CREATE TABLE with LOB/BFILE/VARRAY columns,
partitioning/PARALLEL/CREATE TABLE AS SELECT options,
ALTER TABLE with ADD/MODIFY column options, CREATE INDEX
*Action:   Do not use the disallowed feature(s) in this release.
6) Re-running the create table statement in step 5 without the MAPPING TABLE clause works fine. Not surprisingly an attempt to create a secondary local bitmap index on this table fails as there's no mapping table, like so...
CREATE BITMAP INDEX IOTObj_Table_BMI1 ON IOTObj_Table (numberData)
LOCAL STORAGE (INITIAL 1M PCTINCREASE 0 NEXT 512K) NOLOGGING PARALLEL;
CREATE TABLE with LOB/BFILE/VARRAY columns,
partitioning/PARALLEL/CREATE TABLE AS SELECT options,
ALTER TABLE with ADD/MODIFY column options, CREATE INDEX
*Action:   Do not use the disallowed feature(s) in this release.
CREATE BITMAP INDEX IOTObj_Table_BMI1 ON IOTObj_Table (numberData)
LOCAL STORAGE (INITIAL 1M PCTINCREASE 0 NEXT 512K) NOLOGGING PARALLEL
Error at Command Line:99 Column:13
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-00903: invalid table name
00903. 00000 - "invalid table name"
7) Creating a secondary local b-tree index is fine, like so...
SQL> CREATE INDEX IOTObj_Table_I1 ON IOTObj_Table (numberData)
LOCAL STORAGE (INITIAL 1M PCTINCREASE 0 NEXT 512K) NOLOGGING PARALLEL;
index IOTOBJ_TABLE_I1 created.
8) A quick test to ensure object table ok...
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('DEF456',500));
SQL> 1 rows inserted.
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table;
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
DEF456     500

Answer 1

Thanks Dan,
the intention is to range partition based on the initial character, so A* -> Text_Part_A, B* -> Text_Part_B, and so on.
Here's an example, using an empty IOTObj_Table as created previously.
1) Set up & confirm some test data (two 'D's, one 'N', and two 'Z's)
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('DEF456',500));
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('DDD111',510));
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('N3000',515));
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('ZZ1212',520));
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('Z111X',530));
SQL> COMMIT;
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table;
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
DDD111     510
DEF456     500
N3000     515
Z111X     530
ZZ1212     520
2) Just to prove our IOT is enforcing the Primary Key based on the TextData attribute, try to insert a duplicate
SQL> INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('Z111X',530));
Error starting at line 141 in command:
INSERT INTO IOTObj_Table VALUES (IOT_Type('Z111X',530))
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-00001: unique constraint (OCDataSystems.SYS_IOT_TOP_84235) violated
00001. 00000 - "unique constraint (%s.%s) violated"
*Cause:    An UPDATE or INSERT statement attempted to insert a duplicate key.
For Trusted Oracle configured in DBMS MAC mode, you may see
this message if a duplicate entry exists at a different level.
*Action:   Either remove the unique restriction or do not insert the key.
3) Now confirm that our data has been slotted into the range-based partition we expect using the PARTITION clause of SELECT...
- The two 'D's...
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table PARTITION (Text_Part_D);
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
DDD111     510
DEF456     500
- The single 'N'...
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table PARTITION (Text_Part_N);
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
N3000     515
- The two 'Z's...
SQL> SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table PARTITION (Text_Part_Z);
TEXTDATA NUMBERDATA
Z111X     530
ZZ1212     520
4) And to wrap up confirm an empty partition
SELECT * FROM IOTObj_Table PARTITION (Text_Part_W);