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14. Define and Implement an Indexing Strategy

Steve Flowers1  
(1)
Perrysburg, OH, USA
 

Indexing is an important aspect of any database system. Indexes allow us to map the paths to data values to avoid scanning entire tables or containers for the information we need. Without an index, a query which is searching for all products from a specific vendor in a container would need to scan the entire container to return the data. With proper indexing, we can tell the engine where to find a ...

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