Hi James, Since your queries have both receiver_id and sender_id in the where condition and u want this to be unique, just create one combined unique index on both these columns.
Do this at db level will give you much better options, performance, rather than doing at code level, which might involve quite bit of coding and will slow down the performance of the app. If you create individual index and combined index, there will be huge performance degradation as there would be unnecessary index over heads. regards anandkl On 8/14/07, James Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a table that has a Primary key using the 'id' column. > The table also has a 'receiver_id' and a 'sender_id'. > > I have queries that will use > (1) "WHERE receiver_id =" > or > (2) "WHERE sender_id=" > but never "WHERE receiver_id='###' AND sender_id='###'" > > Also, I want the receiver_id/sender_id pair to be unique. The reason > I want this unique key is so that I can issue a > 'INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE' kind of query. > > > What's the best approach to create indices in this case? > (A) Create an index on 'receiver_id' and also create an index on > 'sender_id' > ...and enforce the uniqueness of receiver_id and sender_id in > code...first do a query to see if it's there then either do an UPDATE > or and INSERT. > or > (B) Create a unique index on the 'receiver_id' and 'sender_id' pair? > > When I create both (A) and (B), phpmyadmin gives me a warning > indicating that more than one index is created on 'receiver_id.' > > > Any suggestions on how to handle this situation? > -James > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
