• Thanks for the article Sarvesh. You may want to spend a little more time on the next one, just nail down why these things occur. As you showed, it's not simply the order in which columns are stored, rather, it's which column is on the front, the leading edge, of the index. Answer the question, why does the leading edge matter, and you'll have a much improved article.

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