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Index on tables with few records
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10/11/2011 16:48:08
Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01528312
Message ID:
01528623
Views:
45
>Hello all,
>
>Is there a good reason to put an index on a table with few records, lets say max 100 records? Free table, no need to check for duplicates or referential integrity.
>
>Thanks.

Yes. Consistency of construction technique. If you are running a query six months from today with these small tables, and you find that the rushmore optimization levels of these queries are not what you expect, you might waste time wondering why your indexes are missing.
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