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Oracle ROWID and its Uniqueness
ROWID Data Type
Oracle Database uses a ROWID datatype to store the address (rowid) of every row in the database.
■ Physical rowids store the addresses of rows in ordinary tables (excluding index-organized tables), clustered tables, table partitions and subpartitions, indexes, and index partitions and subpartitions.
■ Logical rowids store the addresses of rows in index-organized tables.
A single datatype called the universal rowid, or UROWID, supports both logical and physical rowids, as well as rowids of foreign tables such as non-Oracle tables accessed through a gateway.