Re: Composite Index question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rob Sargent
Subject Re: Composite Index question
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Msg-id 4CBF8501.2000007@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Composite Index question  (DM <dm.aeqa@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Composite Index question
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If you can think of one benefit from having the redundant index then by
all means keep it.  It certainly eludes me.  Seems to me, removing an
un-necessary index on a huge table can only be a good thing.

On 10/20/2010 06:02 PM, DM wrote:
> Its a huge table in production, i dont want to take any risk.
>
> I can simulate and test this but i was to checking to see If any one
> knows off hand about this.
>
>
>
> I can simulate it but
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com
> <mailto:robjsargent@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hm. Run some queries; drop the second version of the index definition;
>     re-run the same queries; report to the group.  The redundant index isn't
>     helping, that much is certain.
>
>     On 10/20/2010 05:43 PM, DM wrote:
>     > Composite Index question:
>     >
>     > I have composite index on 3 columns on a table, by mistake the
>     composite
>     > index was created twice on the table.
>     >
>     > Will there any performance issues on this table because of the 2 same
>     > composite indexes?
>     >
>     > Thanks
>     > Deepak
>
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