Indexes can become fragmented over time, however. If you add the indexes and note degradation of performance after a while, then you may need to look at rebuilding indexes and statistics. If you are using SQL Server, there are tools built-in to set up automated maintenance plans which can include index rebuilding.
-Carl V. On 3/5/2013 2:25 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > No, the database will do that for you automatically. INSERTs, UPDATEs > and DELETEs may take a bit longer with indexes as a result, but > SELECTs will be faster if they filter by key columns. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354844 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm