UPPER() e BINARY_CI possono produrre gli stessi risultati ma Oracle non può utilizzarli in modo intercambiabile. Per utilizzare un indice e BINARY_CI devi creare un indice come questo:
create index src_nlssort_index on src(nlssort(b, 'nls_sort=''BINARY_CI'''));
Tabella di esempio e dati di casi misti
create table src(b varchar2(100) not null);
insert into src select 'MiXeD CAse '||level from dual connect by level <= 100000;
Per impostazione predefinita, il predicato upper() può eseguire una scansione dell'intervallo sull'indice upper()
create index src_upper_index on src(upper(b));
explain plan for
select * from src where upper(b) = 'MIXED CASE 1';
select * from table(dbms_xplan.display(format => '-rows -bytes -cost -predicate
-note'));
Plan hash value: 1533361696
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| Id | Operation | Name | Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 00:00:01 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SRC | 00:00:01 |
| 2 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | SRC_UPPER_INDEX | 00:00:01 |
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BINARY_CI e LINGUISTIC non utilizzeranno l'indice
alter session set nls_sort='binary_ci';
alter session set nls_comp='linguistic';
explain plan for
select * from src where b = 'MIXED CASE 1';
select * from table(dbms_xplan.display(format => '-rows -bytes -cost -note'));
Plan hash value: 3368256651
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| Id | Operation | Name | Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 00:00:02 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| SRC | 00:00:02 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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1 - filter(NLSSORT("B",'nls_sort=''BINARY_CI''')=HEXTORAW('6D69786564
2063617365203100') )
L'indice basato sulla funzione su NLSSORT() abilita le scansioni dell'intervallo di indici
create index src_nlssort_index on src(nlssort(b, 'nls_sort=''BINARY_CI'''));
explain plan for
select * from src where b = 'MIXED CASE 1';
select * from table(dbms_xplan.display(format => '-rows -bytes -cost -note'));
Plan hash value: 478278159
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| Id | Operation | Name | Time |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 00:00:01 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SRC | 00:00:01 |
|* 2 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | SRC_NLSSORT_INDEX | 00:00:01 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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2 - access(NLSSORT("B",'nls_sort=''BINARY_CI''')=HEXTORAW('6D69786564
2063617365203100') )