20 Extensible Indexing Interface

ODCIGetInterfaces()

Invoked when an INDEXTYPE is created by a CREATE INDEXTYPE... statement or is altered.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIGetInterfaces(
   ifclist OUT ODCIObjectList)
RETURN NUMBER

ifclist

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success or ODCIConst.Error on error

Usage Notes

This function should be implemented as a static type method.

This function must return SYS.ODCIINDEX2 in the ODCIObjectList if the indextype uses the second version of the ODCIIndex interface, which was implemented in the current version of the Oracle Database and is described in this book.

To continue to use the Oracle8i interface, make this function return SYS.ODCIINDEX1 and do not implement subsequent versions of the routines.

ODCIIndexAlter()

Invoked when a domain index or a domain index partition is altered using one of the following methods:

• ALTER INDEX

• ALTER INDEX PARTITION

• TRUNCATE TABLE table_name

• RENAME TABLE

• ALTER TABLE...[ADD|TRUNCATE|SPLIT|MERGE]...PARTITION

• ALTER TABLE RENAME

• ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN

To populate the index partitions when creating local domain indexes, this method is invoked for each partition of the base table.

Syntax

STATIC FUNCTION ODCIIndexAlter(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   parms IN OUT VARCHAR2, 
   alter_option NUMBER, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

ia

parms (IN)

parms (OUT)

alter_option

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, ODCIConst.Error on error, or ODCIConst.Warning otherwise. When invoked to rebuild local index partitions, may also return ODCIConst.ErrContinue.

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a static type method.

• An ALTER INDEX statement can be invoked for domain indexes in multiple ways.

  ALTER INDEX index_name
  PARAMETERS (parms);
  

  or

  ALTER INDEX index_name
  REBUILD PARAMETERS (parms);
  

  The precise behavior in these two cases is defined by the implementation. One possibility is that the first statement would merely reorganize the index based on the parameters while the second would rebuild it from scratch.

• The maximum length of the input parameters string is 1000 characters. The OUT value of the parms argument can be set to resultant parameters string to be stored in the system catalogs.

• The ALTER INDEX statement can also be used to rename a domain index in the following way:

  ALTER INDEX index_name
  RENAME TO new_index_name
  

• When the name of the table on which a domain index is created changes, ODCIIndexAlter() is invoked with alter_option=AlterIndexRenameTab, and new_table_name is passed to the parms argument:

  ALTER TABLE table_name 
  RENAME new_table_name
  

  or

  RENAME table_name 
  TO new_table_name
  

• When the name of the column on which a domain index is created changes, ODCIIndexAlter() is invoked with alter_option=AlterIndexRenameCol, and new_column_name is passed to the parms argument:

  ALTER TABLE table_name 
  RENAME COLUMN column_name 
  TO new_column_name
  

• If the PARALLEL clause is omitted, then the domain index or local domain index partition is rebuilt sequentially.

• If the PARALLEL clause is specified, the parallel degree is passed to the ODCIIndexAlter() invocation in the IndexParaDegree attribute of ODCIIndexInfo, and the Parallel bit of the IndexInfoFlags attribute is set. The parallel degree is determined as follows:

  • If PARALLEL DEGREE deg is specified, deg is passed.

  • If only PARALLEL is specified, then a constant is passed to indicate that the default degree of parallelism was specified.

• If the ODCIIndexAlter routine returns with the ODCIConst.Success, the index is valid and usable. If the ODCIIndexAlter() routine returns with ODCIConst.Warning, the index is valid and usable but a warning message is returned to the user. If ODCIIndexAlter() returns with an error (or exception), the domain index is marked FAILED.

• When the ODCIIndexAlter() routine is being executed, the domain index is marked LOADING.

• Every SQL statement executed by ODCIIndexAlter() is treated as an independent operation. The changes made by ODCIIndexCreate() are not guaranteed to be atomic.

• The AlterIndexUpdBlockRefs alter option applies only to domain indexes on index-organized tables. When the end user executes an ALTER INDEX domain_index UPDATE BLOCK REFERENCES, ODCIIndexAlter() is called with the AlterIndexUpdBlockRefs bit set to give the cartridge developer the opportunity to update guesses as to the block locations of rows, stored in logical rowids.

• The AlterIndexMigrate alter options applies only to migration of user-managed domain indexes to system-managed domain indexes. When the user-managed domain index is marked INVALID, but its indextype is system-managed, you must make an ALTER INDEX domain_index COMPILE call to re-validate the domain index. This calls the ODCIIndexAlter() method with alter_option=AlterIndexMigrate, to allow an opportunity to migrate the domain index to the system-managed approach.

ODCIIndexClose()

Invoked to end the processing of an operator.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexClose(
   self IN impltype, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

self(IN)

env

Returns

• ODCIConst.Success on success

• ODCIConst.Error on error

Usage Notes

The index implementor can perform any appropriate actions to finish up the processing of an domain index scan, such as freeing memory and other resources.

ODCIIndexCreate()

Invoked when a domain index is created by a CREATE INDEX...INDEXTYPE IS...PARAMETERS... statement issued by the user. The domain index can be either a non-partitioned index or a local partitioned domain index. The local partitioned domain index can be created in either a system- or a user-managed scheme.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexCreate(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   parms VARCHAR2, 
   env ODCIEnv)
RETURN NUMBER

ia

parms

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success , ODCIConst.Error, ODCIConst.Warning, ODCIConst.ErrContinue if the method is invoked at the partition level for creation of a local partitioned index, to continue to the next partition even in case of an error, or ODCIConst.Fatal to signify that all dictionary entries for the index are cleaned up and that the CREATE INDEX operation is rolled back. Returning this status code assumes that the cartridge code has not created any objects (or cleaned up any objects created).

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a STATIC type method.

• Creates objects (such as tables) to store the index data, generate the index data, and store the data in the index data tables.

• This procedure should handle creation of indexes on both empty and non-empty tables. If the base table is not empty, the procedure can scan the entire table and generate index data.

• When the ODCIIndexCreate() routine is running, the domain index is marked LOADING.

• Every SQL statement executed by ODCIIndexCreate() is treated as an independent operation. The changes made by ODCIIndexCreate() are not guaranteed to be atomic.

• To create a non-partitioned domain index, the ODCIIndexCreate() method is invoked, and the only valid return codes are ODCIConst.Success, ODCIConst.Warning, ODCIConst.Error, or ODCIConst.Fatal. If the operation returns ODCIConst.Fatal, the CREATE INDEX statement is rolled back by the server.

• In a non-partitioned domain index, the IndexPartition, TablePartition name, and the callProperty should be NULL.

• For a non-partitioned domain index, the parallel degree is passed to the ODCIIndexCreate() invocation in the IndexParaDegree attribute of ODCIIndexInfo, and the Parallel bit of the IndexInfoFlags is set. The parallel degree is determined as follows:

  • If PARALLEL DEGREE deg is specified, deg is passed.

  • If only PARALLEL is specified, then a constant indicating that the default degree of parallelism was specified, is passed.

  • If the PARALLEL clause is omitted entirely, the operation is performed sequentially.

• If the ODCIIndexCreate() routine returns with the ODCIConst.Success, the index is valid and usable. If the ODCIIndexCreate() routine returns with ODCIConst.Warning, the index is valid and usable but a warning message is returned to the user. If the ODCIIndexCreate() routine returns with an ODCIConst.Error (or exception), the domain index is marked FAILED.

• The only operations permitted on FAILED domain indexes is DROP INDEX, TRUNCATE TABLE or ALTER INDEX REBUILD.

• If a domain index is created on an column of object type which contains a REF attribute, do not dereference the REFs while building your index. Dereferencing a REF fetches data from a different table instance. If the data in the other table is modified, the domain index becomes incorrect. Note that the user is not notified.

• The ODCIIndexCreate() method is invoked twice for the creation of system managed local domain indexes and the only valid return codes are ODCIConst.Success, ODCIConst.Warning or ODCIConst.Error. ODCIConst.Fatal can be returned by the first call and results in the CREATE INDEX statement being rolled back by the server. The number of partitions is passed in as an argument ODCIIndexInfo.IndexPartitionTotal. The first call should create all the index storage tables. All the index storage tables should preferably be system partitioned to get the benefits of local domain indexes. Also:

  • These tables must have the same number of partitions as the base table

  • The users should generate the create table statement with both object and partition level attributes

• Note that the object level create routine only passes in the object level parameter string. However, to construct the storage attributes for all the partitions, it needs the partition level parameter strings. The cartridge indexing code must obtain them by querying the *_ind_partitions views on the dictionary tables. The system partitioned tables should not be populated in this phase. The user should wait for the subsequent calls ODCIIndexAlter() to populate the partitions. Also, it is recommended that the users should derive the names of the storage tables and its partitions from the index name and the index partition names. In this case, the user should fetch the index partition names from the *_ind_partitions view and construct the partition names for the storage table.

• In the second ODCIIndexCreate() call, the user can create domain index storage table dependent objects, such as indexes, constraints, and triggers. These can be created as before by directly using the SQL callbacks. However, for system partitioned storage tables, the following types of indexes are disallowed:

  • non-partitioned index

  • globally partitioned index

• Sequence numbers and synonyms can be created using callbacks and they are assumed to be partition-independent. The set of objects created for non-partitioned domain index is identical to that of a local partitioned index and these objects are not impacted when a table or partition maintenance operation is done. It is the users responsibility to drop these objects when the index is dropped.

• Other (transient) objects needed for temporary use can be created using callbacks as before. It is the responsibility of user-supplied code to drop them by the end of the create call.

• Temporary tables can be created for holding intermediate data. The server does not perform maintenance operations on these tables.

• External Objects, such as files, can be created for temporary use.

• All the tables left after the invocation of ODCIIndexCreate() or ODCIIndexAlter() are supposed to be system-managed, and the server takes appropriate actions on them during drop, truncate, or the partition maintenance operations.

• Since this routine handles multiple things, such as creation of a non-partitioned index or creation of a local index, you must take special care to code it appropriately.

ODCIIndexDelete()

Invoked when a row is deleted from a table that has a domain index defined on one or more of its columns.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexDelete(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   rid VARCHAR2, 
   oldval icoltype, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

ia

rid

oldval

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error.

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a STATIC type method.

• This method should delete index data corresponding to the deleted row from the appropriate tables or files storing index data.

• Note that the index partition object identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexPartitionIden and the base table partition physical identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexCols(1).TablePartitionIden is passed in for local domain index. The indextype must use the new DML syntax using the partition number and the provided SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM function to delete data from the storage system partitioned table:

  DELETE FROM SP PARTITION (
     SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM(
         base_table_name,
        :tab_physical_partid))
     VALUES(…) 
     WHERE rowid = :rowid;
  

ODCIIndexDrop()

The ODCIIndexDrop() procedure is invoked when a domain index is dropped explicitly using a DROP INDEX statement, or implicitly through a DROP TABLE or DROP USER statement.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexDrop(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

ia

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error, or ODCIConst.Warning.

Usage Notes

• This method should be implemented as a static type method.

• This method should drop the tables storing the domain index data.

• For both a non-partitioned domain index and system managed local domain index, the ODCIIndexDrop() method is invoked only one time. The user need not drop the index storage tables if the system-managed approach is used. This is done automatically by the kernel after the call is completed.

• Since it is possible that the domain index is marked FAILED (due to abnormal termination of some DDL routine), the ODCIIndexDrop() routine should be capable of cleaning up partially created domain indexes. When the ODCIIndexDrop() routine is being executed, the domain index is marked LOADING.

• Note that if the ODCIIndexDrop() routine returns with an ODCIConst.Error or exception, the DROP INDEX statement fails and the index is marked FAILED. In that case, there is no mechanism to get rid of the domain index except by using the FORCE option. If the ODCIIndexDrop() routine returns with ODCIConst.Warning in the case of an explicit DROP INDEX statement, the operation succeeds but a warning message is returned to the user.

• Every SQL statement executed by ODCIIndexDrop() is treated as an independent operation. The changes made by ODCIIndexDrop() are not guaranteed to be atomic.

• For both a non-partitioned domain index and system managed local domain index, the ODCIIndexDrop() method is invoked only one time. With the system-managed approach, the index storage tables don't have to be dropped. This is done automatically by the kernel after the call is completed.

ODCIIndexExchangePartition()

This method is invoked when an ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION...INCLUDING INDEXES command is issued on a partitioned table that has a defined local domain index.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexExchangePartition( 
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   ia1 ODCIIndexInfo, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error, or ODCIConst.Warning.

Usage Notes

• The function should be implemented as a STATIC type method.

• This method should handle both converting a partition of a domain index into a non-partitioned domain index and converting a non-partitioned index to a partition of a partitioned domain index.

ODCIIndexFetch()

This procedure is invoked repeatedly to retrieve the rows satisfying the operator predicate.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexFetch(
   self IN [OUT] impltype, 
   nrows IN NUMBER, 
   rids OUT ODCIRidList, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

self(IN)

self(OUT)

nrows

rids

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error.

Usage Notes

• ODCIIndexFetch() returns rows satisfying the operator predicate. That is, it returns the row identifiers of all the rows for which the operator return value falls within the specified bounds.

• Each call to ODCIIndexFetch() can return a maximum of nrows number of rows. The value of nrows passed in is decided by Oracle based on some internal factors. However, the ODCIIndexFetch() routine can return lesser than nrows number of rows. The row identifiers are returned through the output rids array. A NULL ROWID (as an element of the rids array) indicates that all satisfying rows have been returned.

  Assume that there are 3000 rows which satisfy the operator predicate, and that the value of nrows = 2000. The first invocation of ODCIIndexFetch() can return the first 2000 rows. The second invocation can return a rid list consisting of the remaining 1000 rows followed by a NULL element. The NULL value in rid list indicates that all satisfying rows have now been returned.

• If the context value is changed within this call, the new value is passed in to subsequent query-time calls.

ODCIIndexGetMetadata()

Returns a series of strings of PL/SQL code that comprise the non-dictionary metadata associated with the index in ia. The routine can pass whatever information is required at import time. For example, policy, version, preferences, and so on. This method is optional unless implementation-specific metadata is required.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexGetMetadata(
   ia IN ODCIIndexInfo, 
   version IN VARCHAR2, 
   new_block OUT PLS_INTEGER) 
RETURN VARCHAR2;

ia

version

new_block

Developers of domain index implementation types in 8.1.3 must implement ODCIIndexGetMetadata() even if only to indicate that no PL/SQL metadata exists or that the index is not participating in fast rebuild.

Returns

• A null-terminated string containing a piece of an opaque block of PL/SQL code

• A zero-length string indicates no more data; export stops calling the routine

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a static type method.

• The routine is called repeatedly until the return string length is 0. If an index has no metadata to be exported using PL/SQL, it should return an empty string upon first call.

• This routine can be used to build one or more blocks of anonymous PL/SQL code for execution by import. Each returned block is invoked independently by import. That is, if a block fails for any reason at import time, subsequent blocks are still invoked. Therefore any dependent code should be incorporated within a single block. The size of an individual block of PL/SQL code is limited only by the size of import's read buffer controlled by its BUFFER parameter.

• The execution of these PL/SQL blocks at import time is considered part of the associated domain index's creation. Therefore, their execution is dependent upon the successful import of the index's underlying base table and user's setting of import's INDEXES=Y/N parameter, as is the creation of the index.

• The routine should not pass back the BEGIN/END strings that open and close the individual blocks of PL/SQL code; export adds these to mark the individual units of execution.

• The parameter version is the version number of the currently executing export client. Since export and import can be used to downgrade a database to the previous functional point release, it also represents the minimum server version you can expect to find at import time; it may be higher, but never lower.

• The cartridge developer can use this information to determine what version of information should be written to the dump file. For example, assume the current server version is 08.02.00.00.00, but the export version handed in is 08.01.04.00.00. If a cartridge's metadata changed formats between 8.1 and 8.2, it would know to write the data to the dump file in 8.1 format anticipating an import into an 8.1.4 system. Server versions starting at 8.2 and higher have to know how to convert 8.1 format metadata.

• The data contained within the strings handed back to export must be completely platform-independent. That is, they should contain no binary information that may reflect the endian nature of the export platform, which may be different from the import platform. Binary information may be passed as hex strings and converted through RAWTOHEX and HEXTORAW.

• The strings are translated from the export server to export client character set and are written to the dump file as such. At import time, they are translated from export client character set to import client character set, then from import client char set to import server character set when handed over the UPI interface.

• Specifying a target schema in the execution of any of the PL/SQL blocks must be avoided because it frequently causes an error if you use import's FROMUSER -> TOUSER schema replication feature. For example, a procedure prototype such as:

  PROCEDURE AQ_CREATE ( schema IN VARCHAR2, que_name IN VARCHAR2) ...
  

  should be avoided becuase it fails if you have remapped schema A to schema B on import. You can assume at import time that you are connected to the target schema.

• Export dump files from a particular version must be importable into all future versions. This means that all PL/SQL routines invoked within the anonymous PL/SQL blocks written to the dump file must be supported for all time. You may wish to encode some version information to assist with detecting when conversion may be required.

• Export operates in a read-only transaction if its parameter CONSISTENT=Y. In this case, no writes are allowed from the export session. Therefore, this method must not write any database state.

• You can attempt to import the same dump file multiple times, especially when using import's IGNORE=Y parameter. Therefore, this method must produce PL/SQL code that is idempotent, or at least deterministic when executed multiple times.

• Case on database object names must be preserved; that is, objects named 'Foo' and 'FOO' are distinct objects. Database object names should be enclosed within double quotes ("") to preserve case.

Error Handling

Any unrecoverable error should raise an exception allowing it to propagate back to get_domain_index_metadata and thence back to export. This causes export to terminate the creation of the current index's DDL in the dump file and to move on to the next index.

At import time, failure of the execution of any metadata PL/SQL block causes the associated index not to be created under the assumption that the metadata creation is an integral part of the index creation.

ODCIIndexInsert()

Invoked when a row or a set of rows is inserted into a table that has a domain index defined on one or more of its columns.

FUNCTION ODCIIndexInsert(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   rid VARCHAR2, 
   newval icoltype, 
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

FUNCTION ODCIIndexInsert(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo,
   ridlist ODCIRidList,
   newvallist varray_of_column_type,
   env ODCIEnv) 
RETURN NUMBER

ia

rid

newval

ridlist

newvallist

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error.

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a STATIC type method.

• This method should insert index data corresponding to the row or set of rows passed in into the appropriate tables or files storing index data. A NULL value in ridlist indicates the end of the varray.

• If the indextype is defined WITH ARRAY DML, a batch of rows can be inserted into the table. In this case, ODCIIndexInsert() is invoked using the second of the two syntax synopses. Otherwise, the single-row syntax is used.

• Note that the index partition object identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexPartitionIden and the base table partition physical identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexCols(1).TablePartitionIden is passed in for local domain index. The indextype must use the new DML syntax using the partition number and the provided SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM function to insert into the storage system partitioned table:

  INSERT INTO SP PARTITION (
     SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM(
        base_table_name, 
        :tab_physical_partid))
  VALUES(…);
  

ODCIIndexStart()

Invoked to start the evaluation of an operator on an indexed column.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexStart(
   sctx IN OUT <impltype>, 
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   pi ODCIPredInfo, 
   qi ODCIQueryInfo, 
   strt <opbndtype>, 
   stop <opbndtype>, 
   <valargs>, 
   env ODCIEnv)
RETURN NUMBER

sctx(IN)

sctx(OUT)

ia

pi

qi

strt

stop

valargs

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error.

Usage Notes

• The function should be implemented as a static method.

• ODCIIndexStart() is invoked to begin the evaluation of an operator on an indexed column. In particular, the following conditions hold:

  • The first argument to the operator is a column which has a domain index defined on it.

  • The indextype of the domain index (specified in ODCIIndexInfo parameter) supports the current operator.

  • All other arguments to the operator are value arguments (literals) which are passed in through the <valargs> parameters.

• The ODCIIndexStart() method should initialize the index scan as needed (using the operator-related information in the pi argument) and prepare for the subsequent invocations of ODCIIndexFetch().

• The strt and stop parameters, with the bndflg value in ODCIPredInfo parameter, specify the range of values within which the operator return value should lie.

• Bounds for operator return values are specified as follows:

  • If the predicate to be evaluated is of the form op LIKE val, the ODCIIndexPrefixMatch flag is set. In this case, the start key contains the value <val> and the stop key value is irrelevant.

  • If the predicate to be evaluated is of the form op = val, the ODCIIndexExactMatch flag is set. In this case, the start key contains the value <val> and the stop key value is irrelevant.

  • If the predicate to be evaluated is of the form op > val, startkey contains the value <val> and stop key value is set to NULL. If the predicate is of the form op >= <val>, the flag ODCIIndexIncludeStart is also set.

  • If the predicate to be evaluated is of the form op < val, stop key contains the value <val> and the start key value is set to NULL. If the predicate is of the form op <= val, the flag ODCIIndexIncludeStop is also set.

• A context value can be returned to Oracle (through the SELF argument) which is then passed back to the next query-time call. The next call is to ODCIIndexFetch() if the evaluation continues, or to ODCIIndexStart() if the evaluation is restarted. The context value can be used to store the entire evaluation state or just a handle to the memory containing the state.

• Note that if the same indextype supports multiple operators with different signatures, multiple ODCIIndexStart() methods must be implemented, one for each distinct combination of value argument data types. For example, if an indextype supports three operators:

  1. op1(number, number)

  2. op1(varchar2, varchar2)

  3. op2(number, number)

  two ODCIIndexStart routines must be implemented:

  • ODCIIndexStart(...., NUMBER)— handles cases (1) and (3) which has a NUMBER value argument

  • ODCIIndexStart(...., VARCHAR2)— handles case (2) which has a VARCHAR2 value argument

• The query information in qi parameter can be used to optimize the domain index scan, if possible. The query information includes hints that have been specified for the query and the list of relevant ancillary operators referenced in the query block.

• The index partition object identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexPartitionIden and the base table partition physical identifier ODCIIndexInfo.IndexCols(1).TablePartitionIden is passed in for local domain index. The indextype must use the new SQL syntax using the partition number and the provided SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM function to query the corresponding partition of the storage system partitioned table:

  SELECT FROM SP PARTITION(
     SYS_OP_DOBJTOPNUM(
     base_table_name, 
     :tab_physical_partid)) 
  WHERE ...;
  

ODCIIndexUpdate()

Invoked when a row is updated in a table that has a defined domain index on one or more of its columns.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexUpdate( 
   ia ODCIIndexInfo, 
   rid VARCHAR2, 
   oldval icoltype, 
   newval icoltype, 
   env ODCIEnv)
RETURN NUMBER

ia

rid

oldval

newval

env

Returns

ODCIConst.Success on success, or ODCIConst.Error on error.

Usage Notes

• The function should be implemented as a static type method.

• This method should update the tables or files storing the index data for the updated row.

• In addition to a SQL UPDATE statement, a LOB value can be updated through a variety of WRITE interfaces (see Oracle Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide). If a domain index is defined on a LOB column or an object type containing a LOB attribute, the ODCIIndexUpdate routine is called when a LOB locator is implicitly or explicitly closed after one or more write operations.

• The index partition object identifier, ODCIIndexInfo.IndexPartitionIden, and the base table partition physical identifier, ODCIIndexInfo.IndexCols(1).TablePartitionIden, is passed in for local domain indexes. The indextype must use the new DML syntax with the partition number, and the provided DATAOBJ_TO_PARTITION() function to update data in the storage system partitioned table:

  UPDATE SP PARTITION 
     (DATAOBJ_TO_PARTITION(
        base_table_name, :tab_physical_partid)) 
     VALUES(…) SET val = :newval WHERE rowid + :rowid;
  

ODCIIndexUpdPartMetadata()

Invoked during partition maintenance operations. Patches the indextype metadata tables to correctly reflect the partition maintenance operation.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexUpdPartMetadata(
   ia ODCIIndexInfo,
   palist ODCIPartInfoList,
   env ODCIEnv) 

ia

palist

env

Usage Notes

• This method should be implemented as a STATIC type method.

• When an indextype is specified with the SYSTEM MANAGED approach, this method is invoked on the local domain index of this indextype during partition management operations.

• SQL DDLs are not allowed in this method.

• The indextype should update its metadata mapping specific to the partitions, if any.

• The palist argument contains a list of partitions that should be dropped or added. For example, if the base table operation is ALTER TABLE SPLIT PARTITTION P1 INTO P11 AND P12, then the palist would have information about 3 partitions: P1 (drop), P11(add) and P12(add), along with their index partition names and index partition object identifiers.

• If the ODCIIndexUpdPartMetadata() call raises or returns an error, then the partition management operation on the base table is rolled back.

ODCIIndexUtilCleanup()

Cleans up temporary states created by ODCIIndexUtilGetTableNames(). See ODCIIndexUtilGetTableNames() for further information.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexUtilCleanup (
   context  PLS_INTEGER)

context

Usage Notes

• The procedure should be implemented as a static type method.

• ODCIIndexUtilCleanup() deletes any temporary state associated with the parameter context.

• Exceptions raised by ODCIIndexUtilCleanup() are ignored by its caller.

ODCIIndexUtilGetTableNames()

Determines if the secondary tables of the domain index should be exported/imported. By default, secondary objects of the domain are not imported or exported. However, if this interface and ODCIIndexUtilCleanup() are present, the system invokes them.

If this interface is implemented, your application can also invoke it for transportable tablespace operations.

Syntax

FUNCTION ODCIIndexUtilGetTableNames(
   ia sys.odciindexinfo, 
   read_only PLS_INTEGER, 
   version varchar2, 
   context OUT PLS_INTEGER)
RETURN BOOLEAN

ia

read_only

version

context

Returns

TRUE if the domain indexes' secondary tables should be exported/imported. Otherwise, the function returns FALSE.

Usage Notes

• This function should be implemented as a static type method.

• This function should return TRUE or FALSE based on whether the secondary tables should be exported/imported.

• This function should return TRUE or FALSE based on whether the secondary tables should be transported. Secondary objects other than tables do not participate in transportable tablespaces. They must be recreated on the import side when the ODCIIndexCreate() method is invoked with the ODCI_INDEX_TRANS_TBLSPC bit set in the ODCIIndexInfo.IndexInfoFlags.