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Oracle Tutorials - Drop an Index

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How To Drop an Index?

If you don't need an existing index any more, you should delete it with the DROP INDEX statement. Here is an example SQL script:

CREATE TABLE student (id NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  first_name VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
  last_name VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
  birth_date DATE NOT NULL,
  social_number VARCHAR(80) UNIQUE NOT NULL);
Table created.

CREATE INDEX student_birth_date ON student(birth_date);
Index created.

SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness 
  FROM USER_INDEXES WHERE table_name = 'STUDENT';
INDEX_NAME              TABLE_NAME            UNIQUENES
----------------------- --------------------- ---------
SYS_C004129             STUDENT               UNIQUE
SYS_C004130             STUDENT               UNIQUE
STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE      STUDENT               NONUNIQUE 

DROP INDEX STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE;
Index dropped.

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1. What Is an Index?
2. How To Run SQL Statements through the Web Interface?
3. How To Create a Table Index?
4. How To List All Indexes in Your Schema?
5. What Is an Index Associated with a Constraint?
6. How To Rename an Index?
7. How To Drop an Index?
8. Can You Drop an Index Associated with a Unique or Primary Key Constraint?
9. What Happens to Indexes If You Drop a Table?
10. How To Recover a Dropped Index?
11. What Happens to the Indexes If a Table Is Recovered?
12. How To Rebuild an Index?
13. How To See the Table Columns Used in an Index?
14. How To Create a Single Index for Multiple Columns?