Specifies the minimum length of the sequence that Oracle Rdb should compress. You cannot alter this value once you set it. If you specify MINIMUM RUN LENGTH 2, Oracle Rdb compresses sequences of two or more spaces or of two or more binary zeros for single-octet character sets, and compresses one space or one binary zero for multi-octet character sets. As it compresses the sequences, Oracle Rdb replaces the sequence with the value of the minimum run length plus 1 byte. If many of the index values contain one space between characters in addition to trailing spaces, use a minimum run length of 2, so that you do not inadvertently expand the index beyond the 255-byte limit. If you inadvertently expand the index beyond 255 bytes during index creation, Oracle Rdb returns a warning message. The default minimum run length value is 2. Valid values for the minimum run length range from 1 to 127. Oracle Rdb determines which characters are compressed.