Subject Re: [firebird-support] Stored procedures vs. indexes
Author Martijn Tonies
Hello Pepak,

> In my quest to deactivate unneeded indexes I encountered a problem:
> Stored procedures (and possibly triggers) are compiled to use these
> indexes and apparently they don't like it when I delete (or deactivate)
> those indexes ("index unexpectedly deleted" - Firebird 1.5). At the
> moment it seems that I will have to drop and re-create all procedures to
> solve this problem. Isn't there an easier solution? For example, if I
> could somehow get a list of indexes used by a procedure, I could match
> it against my list of indexes to delete and drop/create only procedures
> that need it.

Indices are not fixed in use by a stored procedure, UNLESS you use a
PLAN clause in the SQL statements.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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