Optimization and Indexes
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Contact UsA critical way to improve table performance is by creating indexes on key columns.
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The Essentials of an Index
Explains the basics of a table index. -
Getting Started with Indexes
Extensive tutorial on creating indexes for tables. -
CREATE INDEX
Create an index on one or more columns. -
DROP INDEX
Drops an index from a table. -
SHOW INDEX
Information about table indexes. -
Full-Text Indexes
MariaDB has support for full-text indexing and searching. -
ANALYZE TABLE
Store key distributions for a table. -
Building the best INDEX for a given SELECT
Cookbook for Creating Indexes -
Compound (Composite) Indexes
Compound indexes plus other insights into the mysteries of indexing -
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN returns information about index usage, as well as being a synonym for DESCRIBE. -
Foreign Keys
Foreign keys can be used to enforce data integrity. -
Ignored Indexes
Indexes that are not used by the optimizer. -
Index Statistics
Index statistics and the query optimizer. -
Latitude/Longitude Indexing
Efficiently finding the nearest 10 pizza parlors in a huge database -
Primary Keys with Nullable Columns
SQL standards in dealing with multi-part primary keys with nullable columns. -
SHOW EXPLAIN
Shows an execution plan for a running query. -
SPATIAL INDEX
An index type used for geometric columns. -
Storage Engine Index Types
The permitted index_types for each storage engine.
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