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Creating and Managing Volatile Index

Creating and Managing Volatile Index

Owned by Ryan Park (Unlicensed)
Oct 25, 2021


Create and Use Index

The volatile table provides a RED-BLACK Tree optimized for real-time search. Indexes can be set for all data types. However, one index can be created for one column, and no composite index is provided.

Mach> create volatile table vtable (id integer, name varchar(10));
Created successfully.
Mach> create index idx_vrb on vtable (name) index_type redblack;
Created successfuly.
Mach> desc vtable;
----------------------------------------------------------------
NAME                          TYPE                LENGTH        
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID                            integer             11              
NAME                          varchar             10                  

[ INDEX ]                              
----------------------------------------------------------------
NAME                          TYPE                COLUMN
----------------------------------------------------------------
IDX_VRB                       REDBLACK            NAME                
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Primary Key Index

When a primary key is assigned to a specific column of a volatile table, a RED-BLACK Tree index is automatically generated. In this case, a special index with a Uniqueness attribute is created and does not allow duplicate values.

Mach> create volatile table vtable (id integer primary key, name varchar(20));
Created successfully.
Mach> desc vtable;
----------------------------------------------------------------
NAME                          TYPE                LENGTH        
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID                            integer             11              
NAME                          varchar             20                  

[ INDEX ]                              
----------------------------------------------------------------
NAME                          TYPE                COLUMN
----------------------------------------------------------------
__PK_IDX_VTABLE               REDBLACK            ID   

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Other Index Types

The bitmap or keyword index used in the log table can not be used in a volatile table.

Mach> create bitmap   index idx_1237 on vtable(id1);
[ERR-02069 : Error in index for invalid table. BITMAP Index can only be created for LOG Table.]
Mach> create keyword  index idx_1238 on vtable(name);
[ERR-02069 : Error in index for invalid table. KEYWORD Index can only be created for LOG Table.]

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