Re: published paper about indexing?

I think you are right.
I think the opposite , a column with only a few possible values like 'Y', 'N' would normally not
be a good candidate for indexing. But it all depends on the usage of the data of course.

AK wrote:

>Hi Blair,
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>regarding this paper:
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>>http://www.oracledbaexpert.com/rdbms/indexing.html
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> I would not agree to this:
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>What not to Index
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>2. Static tables.
>3. Columns with a wide range of values.
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>for me this sounds incorrect.
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>What do you think?
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Anton Versteeg
IBM Certified DB2 Specialist
IBM Netherlands