Re: Two questions! Thanks
Posted by: Larry Kagan
Date: October 10, 2006 09:01AM

A quick search on database indexes should answer your first question. But to be brief: Indices speed up select queries exponentially if used correctly. The trade-off is that they add a bit more time to table writes (update, insert, delete).

As for your second question..... what's a control file?

Larry Kagan



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