Would an index benefit select ... order by? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From rihad
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Responses Re: Would an index benefit select ... order by?  ("A. Kretschmer" <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>)
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Hi,

Should an index be used on a created_at timestamp column if you know you
will be using "ORDER BY created_at ASC|DESC" from time to time?

Thanks.

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