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Answering questions asked on the site.

Habib asks:

I have a table with a PRIMARY KEY defined as ConsumerID RAW(16) NOT NULL.

However, when I issue a query like this:

SELECT  *
FROM     Consumers
WHERE   ConsumerID = '1DFFC45DEDEB42B8B79B060D544C2ACB'

, it uses a TABLE ACCESS FULL and is very slow.

How can I improve this query?

Defining a PRIMARY KEY column as RAW(16) almost always means using system generated GUID's returned by SYS_GUID as PRIMARY KEY's.

Let's create a sample table and see what's going on:
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