TABLE ACCESS (BY ROWID RANGE)

Description

Retrieves rows from a table using a supplied range of ROWIDs

Versions

This operation is implemented in the following versions

Example

This example was developed using Oracle 9.2.0.1 on Windows 2000

This example requires the following table definition

    CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 NUMBER);

The table does not need to be analysed

The statement

    SELECT /*+ ROWID (t1) */ c2 FROM t1
    WHERE ROWID > 
    (
      SELECT MIN (ROWID) FROM t1
    );

generates the following execution plan

0     SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
1   0   TABLE ACCESS (BY ROWID RANGE) OF 'T1'
2   1     SORT (AGGREGATE)
3   2       TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'T1'