[GENERAL] Re: Fast Inserts and Hardware Questions

2001-03-14 Thread Orion Henry
Richard H wrote: > > On 3/14/01, 7:08:48 PM, Orion Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > regarding [GENERAL] Fast Inserts and Hardware Questions: > > Please bear in mind that you are operating well above anything I do, so > I'm not speaking from experience. I appricate the advice in anycase. > >

[GENERAL] Re: Fast Inserts and Hardware Questions

2001-03-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Orion Henry writes: > > Since one query can only use one index per table, you should only need the > > customer_id index, given the queries you listed. > > Isn't that was multi-column indexes are for? > > I have 100's of customers but millions of database entries. If I have > to I'll make a tabl

[GENERAL] Re: Fast Inserts and Hardware Questions

2001-03-14 Thread Orion Henry
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Orion Henry writes: > > > The indexes will be > > int8 (primary key) > > int4 (group number) > > timestamp (creation date) > > int4 (customer id) > > Since one query can only use one index per table, you should only need the > customer_id index, given the queries you