On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 21:25:17 +0100,
teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I have a lot of queries of the " where timestamp < some date " type and
> was wondering if an index would improve performance. None of the
> timestamps are null and they are always populated
Unless that query ret
Christopher Browne wrote:
teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Is it a good idea to index timestamp fields? what about date fields in
general?
If you need to order by a timestamp, then it can be worthwhile.
If that timestamp can be null, and is rarely populated, then you might
get a _big_ ben
teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>
>> teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>>Is it a good idea to index timestamp fields? what about date fields in
>>>general?
>> If you need to order by a timestamp, then it can be worthwhile.
>> If that timestamp can be null,
teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it a good idea to index timestamp fields? what about date fields in
> general?
If you need to order by a timestamp, then it can be worthwhile.
If that timestamp can be null, and is rarely populated, then you might
get a _big_ benefit from creating a part
