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From Jean-Yves F. Barbier
Subject indexes multicolumn
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Msg-id 20110531151842.54532304@anubis.defcon1
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Responses Re: indexes multicolumn  (Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>)
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Hi list,

as the doc says:

SELECT name FROM test2 WHERE major = constant AND minor = constant;

then it might be appropriate to define an index on the columns major and minor
together, e.g.:

CREATE INDEX test2_mm_idx ON test2 (major, minor);

I may ask a dumb question, but does the query planner also use such an
index with the inversed query, e.g.:

SELECT name FROM test2 WHERE minor = constant AND major = constant;

or am I obliged to define an inversed index?

JY
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