Yes a non partial index beyond column 64 works as I would expect.

- Deon

> On Oct 18, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Shawn Wagner <shawnw.mob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Does a normal non-partial index make a difference in the query plan?
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 12:30 PM Deon Brewis <d...@mylio.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I seem to have run into a limit where SQLITE doesn't use an index
>> correctly if an indexed column is over the 64th column in the table. It's a
>> partial index like:
>> 
>> CREATE INDEX idx ON
>>  table(A, B DESC, C, D)
>>  WHERE A > 0
>> 
>> Where A and B are columns 70 and 72 on 'table'.
>> 
>> I know about the 64-column limitation for covering indexes:
>> 
>> http://sqlite.1065341.n5.nabble.com/Max-of-63-columns-for-a-covering-index-to-work-td68945.html
>> 
>> However, this isn't a covering index, it's a partial index. But it seems
>> to run into the same limit. Even if I forced in the index into a query it
>> still does a "USE TEMP B-TREE" at the end to satisfy a simple "ORDER BY A,
>> B DESC" query. After I re-ordered the table, it magically started working.
>> 
>> Is there any better documentation anywhere (other than the archive) of all
>> of the cases to which the 64-column limit applies?
>> 
>> - Deon
>> 
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