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  • As Grant said earlier

    Other than that, I'd say recognize the access patterns and then build indexes to support them.

    No, you absolutely do not want to create indexes for every theoretical access pattern. Create indexes for the access patterns that are used heavily, just a couple. Then monitor and look for queries that run often and aren't efficient enough, consider another index or two.

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2011/11/11/sql-university-advanced-indexing-indexing-strategies/

    Gail Shaw
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