PSKEYDEFN

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This table contains one row for each column in each index specified in PeopleTools, so it roughly corresponds to DBA_IND_COLUMNS.

PSKEYDEFNDBA_IND_COLUMNSDescription of PeopleTools Column
PeopleSoft Field NameCorresponding Oracle Column Name
RECNAMETABLE_NAMERecord (Table) Name.  Not an exact match for TABLE_NAME see PSRECDEFN.SQLTABLENAME
INDEXIDINDEX_NAMEIndex Identifier.  Not an exact match for INDEX_NAME, see PSINDEXDEFN.INDEXID
KEYPOSNCOLUMN_POSITIONOrder of column or sub-record in index
FIELDNAMECOLUMN_NAMEName of field or sub-record on PeopleTools record.
ASCDESCDESCENDAscending/Descending
  • 1 = Ascending order

  • 0 = Descending order

From PeopleTools 8.15 this no longer causes a descending order index to be built.

PeopleSoft eventually removed this functionality because of Oracle Bug #869177, which affected descending indexes on most gversions of Oracle 8.1.x.

(see Oracle support website and PeopleTools installation guide for PT8.15).

Author: David Kurtz

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