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Indexes

Indexes speed access paths; bitmap indexes suit low cardinality.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 4 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Use B-tree for selective columns.
  • Use bitmap for low cardinality.
  • Gather statistics.

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Indexes speed access paths; bitmap indexes suit low cardinality.

  • Use B-tree for selective columns.
  • Use bitmap for low cardinality.
  • Gather statistics.
index.sqlSQL
CREATE INDEX lessons_course_idx ON lessons (course_id);
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