Re: Table design; 2-column index

2006-04-24 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 24), Fan, Wellington said: > Thanks; I was really trying to ask about the potential performance > gain, however. I don't care so much about the UNIQUEness, but the > INDEXness. > > See, I am wondering if I create an 2-column index wiht fk1 as the > first component, will th

RE: Table design; 2-column index

2006-04-24 Thread Fan, Wellington
query? > -Original Message- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:40 PM > To: Fan, Wellington > Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: Table design; 2-column index > > > In the last episode (Apr 24), Fan, Wellin

Re: Table design; 2-column index

2006-04-24 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 24), Fan, Wellington said: > If I have a table: > > CREATE TABLE t ( > id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > fk1 mediumint(9) NOT NULL default '0', > fk2 smallint(6) NOT NULL default '0', > PRIMARY KEY (id), > UNIQUE KEY idxfk1 (fk1,fk2), > UNIQUE KEY idxfk2 (