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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:51 am    Post subject: Index on Boolean type Reply with quote



Is it logical to create an index on a field of type Boolean?

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Bill Todd (TeamB)
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type Reply with quote



Probably not since the selectivity of the index will be very low.

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Marcio Ehrlich
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type Reply with quote



"ZA" <xtcsuk (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
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Is it logical to create an index on a field of type Boolean?

False.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Index on Boolean type Reply with quote


"ZA" wrote
Quote:
Is it logical to create an index on a field of type
Boolean?

"Bill Todd (TeamB)" wrote
Quote:
Probably not since the selectivity of the index will be
very low.

Unless the population is very skewed and
you are needing to select the less populated.

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