Is it safe to put an index on an Oracle Temporary Table?

Question

I have read that one should not analyze a temp table, as it screws up the table statistics for others. What about an index? If I put an index on the table for the duration of

Answer 1

You can also use the dynamic sampling hint (10g):

select /*+ DYNAMIC_SAMPLING (3) */ val from index_test where val = 1;

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