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Inner join using an array column

Having trouble indexing and executing a query in O (log n) time. The query includes an INNER JOIN, an ORDER BY, and an equality operation. If I understand the laws of databases correctly, a query can ...
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What is the algorithmic complexity of a PosgtreSQL greater than or lesser than index query (compared to equality)?

Assuming there is an index idx_int on an int_col column, what is the algorithmic complexity of a query like this? SELECT id FROM table WHERE table.int_col > 1; I'm specifically interested in ...
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Landed as BI, but databases are a big WTF, what to do?

Maybe a duplicate, but I believe my case is a bit different. From one of the answers I got to this post on SQL Server Central that also comes handy too but is not quite the same scenario: 9 Things to ...
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How can one improve the performance of a query that selects on a low cardinality column in MySQL?

I have a "State" column that has a low cardinality (three possible value), on which most of my queries perform an equality selection (WHERE col = 'blah') AFAIK you need something like a bitmap index ...
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Mysql. Block/disconnect slow queries

I am experiencing issue. Someone 'attacked' my server: simply by searching the same phrase with multiple requests. As it is text search request and database indices are not used, the engine searches ...
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Query is not using indexes on third table in left join

My query is not using indexes on third table(pci promotion_coupon_images) . i was tried with using index and force index in query but there is no change in result. any body please suggest me how ...
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PostgreSQL 8.3: Slow GROUP BY on large table

I have a table with about 10 million records. I want to do a simple group by, but it's using a sequential scan and is slow... select run_id, count(*) from result group by run_id; I have an index ...
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Performance of different precedence pseudocolumn solutions with LIMIT

I was wondering about the relative performance of the solutions provided in the answers to a question on stackoverflow, I decided to run some tests. The OP wanted to get the first matching row given ...
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MySQL index on column comparison

How do you go about setting an index to be used for a column comparison like WHERE col1 > col2? col1 and col2 are of DATETIME type.
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Simplify and optimize a complex query

Our site has a chronological event feed that uses MySQL. We have noticed that some of the queries tend to run for quite a bit longer than others. For example, some queries for our heaviest users take ...
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mariadb ignoring force index

I'm trying to tune a relatively simple query: select bt.col1,bt.col2 from bigtable bt join smalltable st on bt.smalltable_id = st.smalltable_id where st.name = 'some name occuring only once in st' ...
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How do I force a JOIN to use a specific index in MySQL?

I have a query that JOINs 2 tables; lineitem and part, select sum(l_extendedprice* (1 - l_discount)) as revenue from lineitem force index for join (l_pk), part where ( ...
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Can I use a foreign key index as a shortcut to getting a row count in an INNODB table?

I have a table that has a large number of rows in it. The primary key (an auto-incrementing integer) is, by default, indexed. While waiting for a row count to be returned I did an EXPLAIN in another ...
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Looking for a possible multi-column index

I have a table highscore containing the columns: game (text) date (timestamp) score (integer) more irrelevant ones... The query most often run on it is: SELECT * FROM highscore WHERE game = ...
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Do I risk losing the benefits of indexing if I have an index on every column?

I use PostgreSQL 9.2. I have a table with ~5 million rows and 150 columns. The table does not change at all (I replace it once a year). Users query this table with all kinds of filters on any some of ...
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Combining columns in index

With reference to RolandoMySQLDBA's answer on MySQL: Index when joining to tables not being used (Performance optimizing question) He mentioned Make sure you build an index that involves the ...
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What would be a optimal index for this query in mysql

I'm trying to optimize this query. SELECT * FROM sales_reps WHERE account_id = 1 AND (state = 'enabled') AND (clients >= 5 OR revenue >= 10000) ORDER BY name, platform, client_group, ...
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Improve performance of a Fact Table

I have a Fact table CardTransactionFact Table Structure TABLE [dbo].[CardTransactionFact] [CardTransactionID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [TransactionTerminalID] [int] NOT NULL, ...
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How can I improve the speed of a query on a 20 million+ row table?

I have a query that is used for getting internet traffic statistics of certain IP addresses. There are separate IP address fields for hosts and blocks of IPs called assignments. The data is stored ...
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How does compound index help speed up query?

Say we have a bunch of column in mysql table. Latitude Longitude Say we make an index (Latitude and Longitude) Well, the index will sort by Latitude first and IF the Latitude is the same it'll sort ...
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postgres composite index design

In my rails application using the Postgres database, I have a table called tw_schedules which belongs to a scenarios table (one scenario to many tw_schedules). In addition to the scenario_id foreign ...
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Should I use an index or a hash function on a primary key if I have 100000 rows of data?

I have a table named PRODUCT that has 100,000 rows. I was wondering if either indexing, or a hash function on the primary key would result in better performance. I was also hoping someone could ...
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Can spatial index help a “range - order by - limit” query

Asking this question, specifically for Postgres, as it has good supoort for R-tree/spatial indexes. We have the following table with a tree structure (Nested Set model) of words and their ...
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Performance of query with a range condition and order by

We have the following table (in SQLite on Android) which a tree structure (Nested Set model) of words and their frequencies: lexikon ------- _id integer PRIMARY KEY word text frequency integer ...
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Index Strategies on Text or NVARCHAR(MAX) Fields

I have the following query (simplified for question) I'm trying to speed up for a read only DB ... SELECT [sysid] ,[Date]=CONVERT(CHAR, DATEADD(D, [date], '1800-12-28'),101) ,[From]=[from_addr] ...
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Creating Indexes to optimize query

I have this query and I want to increase its performance by adding appropriate Indexes. DELETE FROM MYTAB1 WHERE MYID1 IN ( SELECT MYID2 FROM MYTAB2 ); I am not familiar with the ...
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Why does MySQL choose this execution plan?

I have two queries, select some_other_column from `table` order by primary_index_column asc limit 4000000, 10; and select some_other_column from `table` order by secondary_index_column asc ...
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Attempting to avoid SORT in query planner

I have a query that is used VERY frequently in my application. Without modifying the query itself, I'm trying to optimize it by toying with different indexing schemes. Here's the query (basically): ...
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MySql - How can I speed up this query

I have the following tables: CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `first_name` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL, `last_name` varchar(255) COLLATE ...