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dba_indexes

Name           Null?    Type
-------------- -------- ----------------
OWNER          NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
INDEX_NAME     NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
INDEX_TYPE              VARCHAR2(27)
TABLE_OWNER    NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
TABLE_NAME     NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
TABLE_TYPE              VARCHAR2(11)
UNIQUENESS              VARCHAR2(9)
COMPRESSION             VARCHAR2(8)
PREFIX_LENGTH           NUMBER
TABLESPACE_NAME         VARCHAR2(30)
INI_TRANS               NUMBER
MAX_TRANS               NUMBER
INITIAL_EXTENT          NUMBER
NEXT_EXTENT             NUMBER
MIN_EXTENTS             NUMBER
MAX_EXTENTS             NUMBER
PCT_INCREASE            NUMBER
PCT_THRESHOLD           NUMBER
INCLUDE_COLUMN          NUMBER
FREELISTS               NUMBER
FREELIST_GROUPS         NUMBER
PCT_FREE                NUMBER
LOGGING                 VARCHAR2(3)
BLEVEL                  NUMBER
LEAF_BLOCKS             NUMBER
DISTINCT_KEYS           NUMBER
AVG_LEAF_BLOCKS_PER_KEY NUMBER
AVG_DATA_BLOCKS_PER_KEY NUMBER
CLUSTERING_FACTOR       NUMBER
STATUS                  VARCHAR2(8)
NUM_ROWS                NUMBER
SAMPLE_SIZE             NUMBER
LAST_ANALYZED           DATE
DEGREE                  VARCHAR2(40)
INSTANCES               VARCHAR2(40)
PARTITIONED             VARCHAR2(3)
TEMPORARY               VARCHAR2(1)
GENERATED               VARCHAR2(1)
SECONDARY               VARCHAR2(1)
BUFFER_POOL             VARCHAR2(7)
USER_STATS              VARCHAR2(3)
DURATION                VARCHAR2(15)
PCT_DIRECT_ACCESS       NUMBER
ITYP_OWNER              VARCHAR2(30)
ITYP_NAME               VARCHAR2(30)
PARAMETERS              VARCHAR2(1000)
GLOBAL_STATS            VARCHAR2(3)
DOMIDX_STATUS           VARCHAR2(12)
DOMIDX_OPSTATUS         VARCHAR2(6)
FUNCIDX_STATUS          VARCHAR2(8)
JOIN_INDEX              VARCHAR2(3)
Information about all indexes in the database:

Let's demonstrate this by creating a simple table and a couple of indexes:
create table test_table (
	id number primary key
,	text varchar2(100)
)
/

create index test_table_text_idx on test_table(text);
Now lets query dba_indexes and see what we get:
SQL> select index_name
  2  , 	    index_type
  3  ,      uniqueness
  4  from   dba_indexes
  5  where  table_name = 'TEST_TABLE'
  6  /

INDEX_NAME                     INDEX_TYPE                  UNIQUENES
------------------------------ --------------------------- ---------
SYS_C008432                    NORMAL                      UNIQUE
TEST_TABLE_TEXT_IDX            NORMAL                      NONUNIQUE
As you can see, there are two rows. The first one is for an index that Oracle created when I specified 'primary key' on the ID column. The second row is for the index that I added manually.


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