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ZA Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:51 am Post subject: Index on Boolean type |
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Is it logical to create an index on a field of type Boolean?
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Bill Todd (TeamB) Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type |
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Probably not since the selectivity of the index will be very low.
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Marcio Ehrlich Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type |
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"ZA" <xtcsuk (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | Is it logical to create an index on a field of type Boolean?
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False.
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John Herbster (TeamB) Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type |
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"ZA" wrote
| Quote: | Is it logical to create an index on a field of type
Boolean?
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"Bill Todd (TeamB)" wrote
| Quote: | Probably not since the selectivity of the index will be
very low.
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Unless the population is very skewed and
you are needing to select the less populated.
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