Re: Indexing foreign keys

From: "Ron St(dot)Pierre" <rstpierre(at)syscor(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Indexing foreign keys
Date: 2003-01-28 00:06:51
Message-ID: 3E35C99B.5020105@syscor.com
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Matt,
>>Did the docs say to index those FK fields (is that standard in the DB
>>industry?), or was I just spoiled by IFX doing it for me? ;)
> It's pretty standard in the DB industry.

I didn't know that, but I'm new to the DB field. I've gleaned quite a
few tips from this group, especially from responses to people with slow
queries/databases, but this is the first I've noticed it this tip. I'll
try it on my db too.

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Ron St.Pierre
Syscor R&D
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email: rstpierre(at)syscor(dot)com

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