Feb 112013
create table physically_ordered_data (
can_vastly_reduce_your_io integer,
and_reduce_buffer_cache_use integer,
when_querying varchar2(1)
default 'Y',
constraint on_the_leading_columns_of_the
primary key (
can_vastly_reduce_your_io,
and_reduce_buffer_cache_use
),
just_define_your_table_as integer
) organization index;
IOTs are woefully under-used in Oracle. While there are some provisos,
the benefits can be great when fetching several rows from a table via the first columns in the primary key
Martin Widlake has an excellent series on IOTs explaining how they work and their benefits and caveats. I thoroughly recommend you read it.