CHAPTER 9

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Index Analysis

In the previous chapter I introduced the concepts surrounding indexes. This chapter takes that information and adds more functionality. There’s a lot of interesting interaction between indexes that you can take advantage of. There are also a number of settings that affect the behavior of indexes that I didn’t address in the preceding chapter. I’ll show you methods to squeeze even more performance out of your system.

In this chapter, I cover the following topics:

  • Advanced indexing techniques
  • Special index types
  • Additional characteristics of indexes

Advanced Indexing Techniques

Here are a few of the more advanced indexing ...

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