Performance of multi-column index on INSERT - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Ludwig Lim
Subject Performance of multi-column index on INSERT
Date
Msg-id 20021210165531.67062.qmail@web80305.mail.yahoo.com
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Responses Re: Performance of multi-column index on INSERT  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
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Hi:

  Is the performance overhead of creating a
multi-column index greater than creating an individual
index for each column? (i.e. Is the INSERT slower for
a table with a three column index than a similar table
with three single column indices?).

   I was wondering this because according to
PostgreSQL Manual in the section on multi-columned
indexes "Multicolumn indexes should be used sparingly.
Most of the time, an index on a single column is
sufficient and saves space and time".


Thank you very much,

ludwig


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