Re: Composite Index question

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: DM <dm(dot)aeqa(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Composite Index question
Date: 2010-10-21 00:26:09
Message-ID: 4CBF88A1.6090904@gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

Sorry, I cannot prove or disprove any penalty. I don't currently have
access to any postgres db of any serious magnitude.

On 10/20/2010 06:23 PM, DM wrote:
> I know there is no benfit of having duplicate indexes.
> Inorder for me to make change on production it requires lot of approvals
> and stuff.
>
> I wnat to know if there is any major performance drawback for having
> duplicate composite index, so that i can push hard for the change. Let
> me know.
>
> thanks for your looking into this.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> If you can think of one benefit from having the redundant index then by
> all means keep it. It certainly eludes me. Seems to me, removing an
> un-necessary index on a huge table can only be a good thing.
>
> On 10/20/2010 06:02 PM, DM wrote:
> > Its a huge table in production, i dont want to take any risk.
> >
> > I can simulate and test this but i was to checking to see If any one
> > knows off hand about this.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can simulate it but
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Rob Sargent
> <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
> > <mailto:robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hm. Run some queries; drop the second version of the index
> definition;
> > re-run the same queries; report to the group. The redundant
> index isn't
> > helping, that much is certain.
> >
> > On 10/20/2010 05:43 PM, DM wrote:
> > > Composite Index question:
> > >
> > > I have composite index on 3 columns on a table, by mistake the
> > composite
> > > index was created twice on the table.
> > >
> > > Will there any performance issues on this table because of
> the 2 same
> > > composite indexes?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Deepak
> >
> > --
> > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list
> (pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org <mailto:pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> > <mailto:pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> <mailto:pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>>)
> > To make changes to your subscription:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
> >
> >
>
>

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message DM 2010-10-21 01:47:30 Question on Explain : Index Scan
Previous Message DM 2010-10-21 00:25:46 Re: Generate a dynamic sequence within a query