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Create index if it does not exist

I am working on a function that allows me to add an index if it does not exist. I am running into the problem that I cannot get a list of indexes to compare to. Any thoughts? This is a similar issue ...
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Is a query with UNIX_TIMESTAMP using indexes in mysql?

If I use .. WHERE UNIX_TIMESTAMP(`some_timestamp`)>NOW() in a SELECT, does this query still make use on an index, set on some_timestamp ?
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Why does it take a long time to drop a function based index in Oracle?

I have a function based index that takes 25 minutes to create on a table of 94 Million rows. When I drop the index, it takes 18 minutes. Why does it take so long? I would have thought the drop would ...