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Can spatial index help a “range - order by - limit” query
Asking this question, specifically for Postgres, as it has good supoort for R-tree/spatial indexes.
We have the following table with a tree structure (Nested Set model) of words and their ...
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Is a composite index also good for queries on the first field?
Let's say I have a table with fields A and B. I make regular queries on A+B, so I created a composite index on (A,B). Would queries on only A also be fully optimized by the composite index?
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Concept of Schema in PostgreSQL
I am not able to understand concept and usage of schema in PostgreSQL. I have no idea how it can affect my database design.
Why should I use it?
Can it affect me in future if I decide to not think ...
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How-to implement an entity with an unknown maximum number of attributes?
I am designing a baseball simulation program and I have run into a problem with designing the boxscore schema. The problem I have is that I want to track how many runs are scored in each inning. The ...
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Database for building a realtime analytics system
I want to build a system similar to Google Analytics (only used for internal use, less traffic and less feature), and mainly focus on
Real time counting of unique URI visit/PV by different ...
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How to determine if there are [idle connections with] uncommitted transactions in PostgreSQL?
According to a comment on this question I asked about idle connections in PostgreSQL 9.2, some uncommitted transactions (possibly related to some of those idle connections) might cause
some ...
