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From: sicotom@eresmas.com (Juan Pardillos)
Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory
Subject: Utility of indexes
Date: 11 Nov 2003 08:30:34 -0800
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Hi,

I have an attribute in a table that I know the number of different
values it can take is small. However, there are lots of tuples in the
table. Does it make sense to define an index on that attribute?

Thanks in advance