Sybase 12.4.2 - Manual (Page 153)

CHAPTER 3 Working with Database Objects
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Indexes are created on a specified table, or on a set of tables for join indexes.
You cannot create an index on a view.
Creating indexes
You can create column indexes in three ways:
• With the CREATE INDEX command
• With the Add Index option in Sybase Central
• With the UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY column constraint of CREATE TABLE ,
which creates a unique index automatically.
You can create a join index in two ways:
• With the CREATE JOIN INDEX statement
• With the Join Index Editor in Sybase Central
See Chapter 4, “Adaptive Server IQ Indexes” for details on selecting and
creating indexes. See the Adaptive Server IQ Reference Manual for command
syntax.
Indexes in the system tables
Information on indexes is in the system tables SYSINDEX , SYSIQINDEX ,
SYSIXCOL , and for join indexes, SYSIQJINDEX . See the Adaptive Server IQ
Reference Manual for a description of these tables. See Introduction to
Adaptive Server IQ for an explanation of how to browse system tables in
DBISQL and in Sybase Central.
Displaying indexes
using stored
procedures You can also use the stored procedure sp_iqindex to display a list of indexes and
information about them. For example, to list the indexes in the sales_order
table, issue the command:
sp_iqindex ’sales_order’
The following information displays. (A remarks column also appears, but is not
shown here.)