----- Original Message -----
From: "wcb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: How long is my piece of string?


> Hi!
>
> I was interested in the answer to this person's question, too!
>
> The following response:
>
> > You need indexes as soon as (or rather just before) they provide
> > a performance difference.
> >
> > Alan
>
> seems to lack detail in answering the question, which might be phrased
> "when might indices start making a performance difference?".


I would rather reverse the question: is there ever a good reason NOT to use
an index?

- Mark

mysql,query


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