Creating indexes? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bjørn T Johansen
Subject Creating indexes?
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Msg-id 20100422233651.10d5d2b9@pennywise.havleik.no
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Responses Re: Creating indexes?  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>)
Re: Creating indexes?  (Martin Gainty <mgainty@hotmail.com>)
Re: Creating indexes?  (Adrian von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch>)
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What is the best approach for PostgreSQL when creating indexes? E.g I have two fields in a table that I want indexed,
isit best to create one index 
combining the two fields or creating one for each field? If I create one for each field, will the search when using
bothfields be slower that a 
combined index?


Regards,

BTJ

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