Subject | Re: [ib-support] Design Advice |
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Author | Lucas Franzen |
Post date | 2002-01-10T23:13:46Z |
> Does the indexes created with FK constraints(in T2) with many repeted valuesLuiz
> will cause some problems such as poor plan or in selectivity of these
> indexes in some situations? Will have other effects?
I don't think there's a valid answer for this.
You've got to find a balance between the poor selectivity (if your field
C2 hasn't got much possible values) and the "security" that a
fk-constraint does offer.
You can check the plan for the queries you use and if you think it's a
poor one you still got the choice between using a [LEFT] JOIN and an
inline select.
Try to figure this out with tools like (for example) IBExpert or
QuickDesk to get the performance statistics.
HTH
Luc.