In SQL, there are mainly varchar2, char, number, date...then each of them has subtypes like number has integer, real etc..Following
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Use index in the where clause , this way you can use it other wise not ...
geetha
Jul 30th, 2011
Index will be used if the retrieval is based on an indexed column .if the where clause uses a column with index then the query will be executed based on that index.