> Why is there an entry in the index for a row if the row is not valid?
> Wouldn't it be better for the index entry validity to track the row validity.
> If a particular data value for a query (join, where etc.) can be satisfied
> by the index entry itself this would be a big performance gain.
For SELECTs, yes - but for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE it would be a big
performance loss.
Chris
