how to find indexes on a table in oracle

Last updated on July 10th, 2019 at 04:11 am

It is very common that you want to Find indexes status and assigned columns for a oracle table
And also you sometime want to know the columns which are assigned to the indexes.
Following views would be helpful in these cases and to find indexes on a table in oracle

dba_ind_columns
all_ind_columns

Query to Find the indexes with assigned column  

set pagesize 50000 verify off echo off

col table_name head 'Table Name' format a20
col index_name head 'Index Name' format a25
col column_name head 'Column Name' format a30

break on table_name on index_name

select    table_name, index_name, column_name
from    all_ind_columns
where    table_name like upper('&Table_Name')
order by table_name, index_name, column_position
/

Now you want to know the status of the indexes also,We can use below queries

Normal Index

SELECT owner, index_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_indexes;

how to check unusable indexes in oracle

SELECT owner, index_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_indexes
WHERE status = 'UNUSABLE';

Index partitions:

SELECT index_owner, index_name, partition_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_ind_PARTITIONS;

If you want to know unusable ind partitions, then we  can use below query

SELECT index_owner, index_name, partition_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_ind_PARTITIONS
WHERE status = 'UNUSABLE';

Index sub partitions:

SELECT index_owner, index_name, partition_name, subpartition_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_ind_SUBPARTITIONS;

If you want to know unusable ind sub partitions, then we  can use below query

SELECT index_owner, index_name, partition_name, subpartition_name, tablespace_name,status
FROM dba_ind_SUBPARTITIONS
WHERE status = 'UNUSABLE';

Query to check Index Associated with a Constraint

SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness
  FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE table_name = '&1';

Query to check Index Associated with a Constraint

SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness
  FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE table_name = '&1';

List all indexes in a schema

SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness
  FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE owner = '&1';

Query to find the index statistics for the table

set linesize 200
set pages 250
set verify off
col blevel format 99
col table_name format a22 heading 'TABLE NAME'
col u format a1 heading 'U'
col index_name format a25 heading 'INDEX NAME'
col column_name format a23 heading 'COLUMN NAME'
col column_position format 99 heading 'SEQ'
col column_length format 9999 heading 'LEN'
col leaf_blocks format 999990 heading 'LEAF|BLOCKS'
col distinct_keys format 9999990 heading 'DISTINCT|KEYS'
col avg_leaf_blocks_per_key format 999990 heading 'LEAF|BLKS|/KEY'
col avg_data_blocks_per_key format 999990 heading 'DATA|BLKS|/KEY'
rem
break on table_name skip 1 on index_name on u
rem
select i.table_name,i.blevel, i.leaf_blocks, i.distinct_keys,i.avg_leaf_blocks_per_key, i.avg_data_blocks_per_key,
       decode( i.uniqueness, 'NONUNIQUE', null, 'UNIQUE', 'U', 'BITMAP', 'B', '?' ) u,
       i.index_name,i.last_analyzed, c.column_position, c.column_name, c.column_length
  from sys.dba_ind_columns c, sys.dba_indexes i
 where (i.table_owner,i.table_name) in ('&1','&2')
   and i.owner = c.index_owner
   and i.index_name = c.index_name
 order by i.table_owner, i.table_name, i.index_name, c.column_position
/

Query to find index column definition

ttitle 'Index Column Definitions'
rem
set linesize 100
set pages 250
set verify off
col table_name format a22 heading 'TABLE NAME'
col u format a1 heading 'U'
col index_name format a20 heading 'INDEX NAME'
col column_name format a25 heading 'COLUMN NAME'
col column_position format 99 heading 'SEQ'
col column_length format 999 heading 'LEN'
rem
break on table_name skip 1 on index_name on u
rem
select i.table_name,
       decode( i.uniqueness, 'NONUNIQUE', null, 'UNIQUE', 'U', 'BITMAP', 'B', '?' ) u,
       i.index_name, c.column_position, c.column_name, c.column_length
  from sys.dba_ind_columns c, sys.dba_indexes i
 where i.table_owner like upper('&owner')
   and i.table_name like upper('&table')
   and i.index_name like upper('&index')
   and c.column_name like upper('&column')
   and i.owner = c.index_owner
   and i.index_name = c.index_name
 order by i.table_owner, i.table_name, i.index_name, c.column_position
/

SELECT index_name,
indexing
FROM dba_indexes
ORDER BY 1;

INDEX_NAME    INDEXING
------------------------- -------
EXP_INDEX_N1 PARTIAL

This happened when we have indexing partial tag in the create index statement.
CREATE INDEX EXP_INDEX_NI ON tab_name(col1) Local INDEXING PARTIAL;