Hi all,
sorry for reposting this to the lists, but I feel I posted this at the
wrong time of day, since now a lot more of you gurus are reading, and I
really need some knowledgeable input... thanks for consideration :)
I have a question concerning table/key layout.
I need to store an ID value that consists of three numerical elements:
- ident1 char(5)
- ident2 char(5)
- nodeid int4
I need an index on these columns. Insert, delete, and lookup operations
this in this need to be as fast as possible. Now I have two options:
(a) creating an index on all three columns, or
(b) create a single varchar column combining all three components into a
single string, like "ident1:ident2:nodeid" and indexing this column only.
There will be a couple of million rows in this table, the values in
question are not unique.
Which would be faster in your opinion? (a) or (b)?
Thanks for any insight,
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