2.10 Spatial Index-Related Structures
This topic describes the structure of the tables containing the spatial index data and metadata.
Concepts and usage notes for spatial indexing are explained in Indexing of Spatial Data. The spatial index data and metadata are stored in tables that are created and maintained by the Spatial indexing routines. These tables are created in the schema of the owner of the feature (underlying) table that has a spatial index created on a column of type SDO_GEOMETRY.
Spatial index names have the same restrictions and considerations as names for spatial tables and columns and for schemas containing them, as explained in Geometry Metadata Views.
Parent topic: Spatial Data Types and Metadata
2.10.1 Spatial Index Views
There are two sets of spatial index metadata views for each schema (user): xxx_SDO_INDEX_INFO and xxx_SDO_INDEX_METADATA, where xxx can be USER or ALL. These views are read-only to users; they are created and maintained by the Spatial indexing routines.
Parent topic: Spatial Index-Related Structures
2.10.1.1 xxx_SDO_INDEX_INFO Views
The following views contain basic information about spatial indexes:
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USER_SDO_INDEX_INFO contains index information for all spatial tables owned by the user.
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ALL_SDO_INDEX_INFO contains index information for all spatial tables on which the user has SELECT permission.
The USER_SDO_INDEX_INFO and ALL_SDO_INDEX_INFO views contain the same columns, as shown Table 2-13, except that the USER_SDO_INDEX_INFO view does not contain the SDO_INDEX_OWNER column. (The columns are listed in their order in the view definition.)
Table 2-13 Columns in the xxx_SDO_INDEX_INFO Views
Column Name | Data Type | Purpose |
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SDO_INDEX_OWNER |
VARCHAR2 |
Owner of the index (ALL_SDO_INDEX_INFO view only). |
INDEX_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the index. |
TABLE_OWNER |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the owner of the table containing the column on which this index is built. |
TABLE_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the table containing the column on which this index is built. |
COLUMN_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the column on which this index is built. |
SDO_INDEX_TYPE |
VARCHAR2 |
Contains RTREE (for an R-tree index). |
SDO_INDEX_TABLE |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the spatial index table (described in Spatial Index Table Definition). |
SDO_INDEX_STATUS |
VARCHAR2 |
(Reserved for Oracle use.) |
Parent topic: Spatial Index Views
2.10.1.2 xxx_SDO_INDEX_METADATA Views
The following views contain detailed information about spatial index metadata:
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USER_SDO_INDEX_METADATA contains index information for all spatial tables owned by the user.
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ALL_SDO_INDEX_METADATA contains index information for all spatial tables on which the user has SELECT permission.
The USER_SDO_INDEX_METADATA and ALL_SDO_INDEX_METADATA views contain the same columns, as shown Table 2-14. (The columns are listed in their order in the view definition.)
Table 2-14 Columns in the xxx_SDO_INDEX_METADATA Views
Column Name | Data Type | Purpose |
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SDO_INDEX_OWNER |
VARCHAR2 |
Owner of the index. |
SDO_INDEX_TYPE |
VARCHAR2 |
Contains RTREE (for an R-tree index). |
SDO_LEVEL |
NUMBER |
(No longer relevant; applies to a desupported feature.) |
SDO_NUMTILES |
NUMBER |
(No longer relevant; applies to a desupported feature.) |
SDO_MAXLEVEL |
NUMBER |
(No longer relevant; applies to a desupported feature.) |
SDO_COMMIT_INTERVAL |
NUMBER |
(No longer relevant; applies to a desupported feature.) |
SDO_INDEX_TABLE |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the spatial index table (described in Spatial Index Table Definition). |
SDO_INDEX_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the index. |
SDO_INDEX_PRIMARY |
NUMBER |
Indicates if this is a primary or secondary index. 1 = primary, 2 = secondary. |
SDO_TSNAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Schema name of the SDO_INDEX_TABLE. |
SDO_COLUMN_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of the column on which this index is built. |
SDO_RTREE_HEIGHT |
NUMBER |
Height of the R-tree. |
SDO_RTREE_NUM_NODES |
NUMBER |
Number of nodes in the R-tree. |
SDO_RTREE_DIMENSIONALITY |
NUMBER |
Number of dimensions used internally by Spatial. This may be different from the number of dimensions indexed, which is controlled by the |
SDO_RTREE_FANOUT |
NUMBER |
Maximum number of children in each R-tree node. |
SDO_RTREE_ROOT |
VARCHAR2 |
Rowid corresponding to the root node of the R-tree in the index table. |
SDO_RTREE_SEQ_NAME |
VARCHAR2 |
Sequence name associated with the R-tree. |
SDO_FIXED_META |
RAW |
If applicable, this column contains the metadata portion of the SDO_GROUPCODE or SDO_CODE for a fixed-level index. |
SDO_TABLESPACE |
VARCHAR2 |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. Tablespace in which to create the SDOINDEX table. |
SDO_INITIAL_EXTENT |
VARCHAR2 |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. |
SDO_NEXT_EXTENT |
VARCHAR2 |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. |
SDO_PCTINCREASE |
NUMBER |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. |
SDO_MIN_EXTENTS |
NUMBER |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. |
SDO_MAX_EXTENTS |
NUMBER |
Same as in the SQL CREATE TABLE statement. |
SDO_INDEX_DIMS |
NUMBER |
Number of dimensions of the geometry objects in the column on which this index is built, as determined by the value of the |
SDO_LAYER_GTYPE |
VARCHAR2 |
Contains DEFAULT if the layer can contain both point and polygon data, or a value from the Geometry Type column of Table 2-1 in SDO_GTYPE. |
SDO_RTREE_PCTFREE |
NUMBER |
Minimum percentage of slots in each index tree node to be left empty when an R-tree index is created. |
SDO_INDEX_PARTITION |
VARCHAR2 |
For a partitioned index, name of the index partition. |
SDO_PARTITIONED |
NUMBER |
Contains 0 if the index is not partitioned or 1 if the index is partitioned. |
SDO_RTREE_QUALITY |
NUMBER |
Quality score for an index. See the information about R-tree quality in R-Tree Quality. |
SDO_INDEX_VERSION |
NUMBER |
Internal version number of the index. |
SDO_INDEX_GEODETIC |
VARCHAR2 |
Contains TRUE if the index is geodetic and FALSE if the index is not geodetic. |
SDO_INDEX_STATUS |
VARCHAR2 |
(Reserved for Oracle use.) |
SDO_NL_INDEX_TABLE |
VARCHAR2 |
Name of a separate index table (with a name in the form MDNT_...$) for nonleaf nodes of the index. For more information, see the description of the |
SDO_DML_BATCH_SIZE |
NUMBER |
Number of index updates to be processed in each batch of updates after a commit operation. For more information, see the description of the |
SDO_RTREE_EXT_XPND |
NUMBER |
(Reserved for future use.) |
SDO_NUM_ROWS |
NUMBER |
Number of rows (with non-null geometries) in the base spatial table (table containing the column on which this index is built). |
SDO_NUM_BLKS |
NUMBER |
Number of blocks in the spatial index table (SDO_INDEX_TABLE), |
SDO_ROOT_MBR |
SDO_GEOMETRY |
Minimum bounding rectangle of the maximum extent of the spatial layer. This is greater than or equal to the MBR of the current extent, and is reset to reflect the current extent when the index is rebuilt. |
Parent topic: Spatial Index Views
2.10.2 Spatial Index Table Definition
For an R-tree index, a spatial index table (each SDO_INDEX_TABLE entry as described in xxx_SDO_INDEX_METADATA Views) contains the columns shown in Table 2-15.
Table 2-15 Columns in an R-Tree Spatial Index Data Table
Column Name | Data Type | Purpose |
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NODE_ID |
NUMBER |
Unique ID number for this node of the tree. |
NODE_LEVEL |
NUMBER |
Level of the node in the tree. Leaf nodes (nodes whose entries point to data items in the base table) are at level 1, their parent nodes are at level 2, and so on. |
INFO |
BLOB |
Other information in a node. Includes an array of |
Parent topic: Spatial Index-Related Structures
2.10.3 R-Tree Index Sequence Object
Each R-tree spatial index table has an associated sequence object (SDO_RTREE_SEQ_NAME in the USER_SDO_INDEX_METADATA view, described inxxx_SDO_INDEX_METADATA Views). The sequence is used to ensure that simultaneous updates can be performed to the index by multiple concurrent users.
The sequence name is the index table name with the letter S replacing the letter T before the underscore (for example, the sequence object MDRS_5C01$ is associated with the index table MDRT_5C01$).
Parent topic: Spatial Index-Related Structures