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Creating indexes?

Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no>

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From: Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-04-22T21:36:51Z
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What is the best approach for PostgreSQL when creating indexes? E.g I have two fields in a table that I want indexed, is it best to create one index
combining the two fields or creating one for each field? If I create one for each field, will the search when using both fields be slower that a
combined index?


Regards,

BTJ

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