Re: About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index

2006-06-21 Thread Takanobu Kawabe
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Re: About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index

2006-06-21 Thread Gabriel PREDA
MySQL wil only use one index per table in a query... this is why in most cases a composite index will do better that a single column index. And for the second is true... this is leftmost rule... You have an index on: a, b, c You gain indexes on: a, b a But you will need to set up yourself an i

Re: About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index

2006-06-21 Thread C.R.Vegelin
indices. Regards, Cor - Original Message - From: "Gabriel PREDA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Takanobu Kawabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: Re: About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index Basically i

Re: About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index

2006-06-21 Thread Gabriel PREDA
Basically it says that if you have an index let's say INDEX_1 on columns: INDEX_1 : a, b, c, d MySQL will act as if you had setup indexes on: INDEX_1_1 : a, b, c INDEX_1_2 : a, b INDEX_1_1 : a A query like: SELECT a FROM table_name WHERE a > 9; - will use the index SELECT a, b, c FROM table_na

About the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index

2006-06-20 Thread Takanobu Kawabe
hello, I want to know about the leftmost index prefixes using nounique index/ About the composite index using primary key, in the reference 7.4.5, I can understand the following