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"Gump" <stoopidstoopidstoopid_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hypothetically if the index skip scan feature was not available, what
> would the correct answer be?
Still a). That option would not be using the index as an index, but as a skinnier version of the table. Therefore there is no necessity of using the leading edge columns, whether skip-scan is available or not.
Xho
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