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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:25:40 -0500
From: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
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Subject: create index on function - why?
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I can understand the rationale behind creating index on tables, it 
speeds up the searching.

But what is the rationale behind creating index on a function? how does 
it help with the database performance?

Thank you.

-- 
Wei Weng
Network Software Engineer
KenCast Inc.