How To Recover a Dropped Index?
Submitted by: AdministratorIf you have the recycle bin feature turned on, dropped indexes are stored in the recycle bin. But it seems to be command to restore a dropped index out of the recycle bin. FLASHBACK INDEX is not a valid statement. See the following script:
ALTER SESSION SET recyclebin = on;
Statement processed.
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.
DROP INDEX STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE;
Index dropped.
SELECT object_name, original_name, type, droptime
FROM recyclebin;
<pre>OBJECT_NAME ORIGINAL_NAME TYPE DROPTIME
----------------------- ------------------ ----- ----------
BIN$1LlsjTxERKq+C7A==$0 STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE INDEX 2006-04-01</pre>
FLASHBACK INDEX student_birth_date TO BEFORE DROP;
ORA-00905: missing keyword
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ALTER SESSION SET recyclebin = on;
Statement processed.
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.
DROP INDEX STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE;
Index dropped.
SELECT object_name, original_name, type, droptime
FROM recyclebin;
<pre>OBJECT_NAME ORIGINAL_NAME TYPE DROPTIME
----------------------- ------------------ ----- ----------
BIN$1LlsjTxERKq+C7A==$0 STUDENT_BIRTH_DATE INDEX 2006-04-01</pre>
FLASHBACK INDEX student_birth_date TO BEFORE DROP;
ORA-00905: missing keyword
Submitted by: Administrator
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