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Re: Assessment question on indexes

From: <xhoster_at_gmail.com>
Date: 10 Feb 2005 17:49:21 GMT
Message-ID: <20050210124921.563$0Z@newsreader.com>


"Gump" <stoopidstoopidstoopid_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hypothetically if the index skip scan feature was not available, what
> would the correct answer be?

Still a). That option would not be using the index as an index, but as a skinnier version of the table. Therefore there is no necessity of using the leading edge columns, whether skip-scan is available or not.

Xho

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