Re: Index Columns: Night of the Living Newbie

2002-09-09 Thread mos
At 12:40 PM 9/9/2002, you wrote: >Hello, > >Without giving me the RTFM, and in 25 words or less... > >Can someone tell me what an index column is and does for a query? > >Thanks, > >Will Will, Without an index the entire table has to be read to find the results of the query. Even simpl

Re: Index Columns: Night of the Living Newbie

2002-09-09 Thread Brent Baisley
No index: Go to the library and find a book without using the card catalog. Index: Go to the library and find the book in the card catalog, it will tell where the book is. On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 01:40 PM, Will K. wrote: > Hello, > > Without giving me the RTFM, and in 25 words or les

Re: Index Columns: Night of the Living Newbie

2002-09-09 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Will K. wrote: > Can someone tell me what an index column is and does for a query? Extra data to make the query faster. -- Michael T. Babcock C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd. http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock - Before posting, ple

Index Columns: Night of the Living Newbie

2002-09-09 Thread Will K.
Hello, Without giving me the RTFM, and in 25 words or less... Can someone tell me what an index column is and does for a query? Thanks, Will _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com