Manage Hybrid Vector Indexes

Learn how to manage a hybrid vector index, which is a single index for searching by similarity and keywords, to enhance the accuracy of your search results.

• Understand Hybrid Vector Indexes
  A hybrid vector index inherits all the information retrieval capabilities of Oracle Text search indexes and leverages the semantic search capabilities of Oracle AI Vector Search vector indexes.
• Guidelines and Restrictions for Hybrid Vector Indexes
  Review these guidelines and the current set of restrictions when working with hybrid vector indexes.
• CREATE HYBRID VECTOR INDEX
  Use the CREATE HYBRID VECTOR INDEX SQL statement to create a hybrid vector index, which allows you to index and query documents using a combination of full-text search and vector similarity search.
• Creating Hybrid Vector Indexes using DBMS_SEARCH API
  The DBMS_SEARCH package provides procedures and functions for creating, managing, and querying hybrid vector indexes when multiple sources are used for the search. Sources includes tables and views as described in the DBMS_SEARCH documentation.
• ALTER INDEX
  Use the ALTER INDEX SQL statement to modify an existing hybrid vector index.