On 11/27/22 16:23, Ron wrote:
Being an "enterprise dba", IMNSHO "disable constraint" (and more specifically "disable index") is a great feature for maintaining tables. For example, if you need to purge a lot of records into a table, disable all indices except the index supporting your WHERE CLAUSE, delete the data, and then re-enable the indices. Bonus points if the REENABLE commands can be done in parallel.
Sure, you can dig around for all of the CREATE INDEX statements, but that leads to possible errors: "oops, forgot to recreate one of them", or "typo caused one to fail". OTOH, DISABLE INDEX and REENABLE INDEX are idiot-proof, and can be automated.
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You are aware that in Oracle "ALTER TABLE ENABLE CONSTRAINT" rebuilds the index used to enforce the constraint? You will not save any time by disabling and re-enabling constraints.
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