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From Brice André
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In response to Re: Index on multiple columns VS multiple index  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>)
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this was what I was guessing. Thank you for the confirmation.

So I think that I now have a clear idea on the best index strategy for my project.

Thanks for your help,

Regard,
Brice


2014/1/2 Jonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Brice André wrote:

> But I have still one question that remains :
>
> suppose I define an index on ('a', 'b') columns, will it be useful for a search on 'a' column only, or will it be ignore by postgresl ?

If you define the index on ('a', 'b') in that order and are just searching for 'a' in your query, the query planner will use the index.

Jonathan


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