by Markus Winand.

Searching for Ranges


Inequality operators such as <, > and between can use indexes just like the equals operator explained above. Even a LIKE filter can—under certain circumstances—use an index just like range conditions do.

Using these operations limits the choice of the column order in multi-column indexes. This limitation can even rule out all optimal indexing options—there are queries where you simply cannot define a “correct” column order at all.

Contents

  1. Greater, Less and BETWEEN — The column order revisited

  2. Indexing SQL LIKE FiltersLIKE is not for full-text search

  3. Index Combine — Why not using one index for every column?

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