Re: Index skip scan

Index skip scans improve index scans by nonprefix columns. Skip scanning lets a composite index be split logically into smaller subindexes. In the skip scanning, the initial column of the composite index is not specified in the query.
Number of logical subindexes is determined by the number of distinct values in the initial column. Skip scanning is advantageous if there are few distinct values in the leading column of the composite index and many distinct values in the nonleading key of the index.

On 9/20/05, Hameed, Amir <Amir.Hameed_at_xerox.com> wrote:
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> Folks,
> Does anyone know that in order for the optimizer to choose "Index skip scan"
> on a concatenated index where the first column is not very selective but the
> second one is, approximately what type of selectivity on the leading column
> the Optimizer look for before deciding to take this route?
>
> Thanks
> Amir

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