Re: indexes and keys

Andrew,

The one created should be sufficient.  You can check to make sure
it fits your needs exactly by: \d <index name>

Ryan

Andrew Perrin - Demography wrote:

> Greetings - I hope this is a simple question.
>
> Is there any reason to create an index on a column that already has one
> created as part of a SERIAL datatype?  That is, I used:
>
> CREATE TABLE personal_data (id serial ...);
>
> to create it, so \d shows:
>
>  | postgres         | personal_data                    | table    |
>  | postgres         | personal_data                    | table    |
>  | postgres         | personal_data_id_key             | index    |
>  | postgres         | personal_data_id_seq             | sequence |
>
> is there any reason to create another index on id:
>
> CREATE INDEX pd_id_idx on personal_data;
>
> or will the automatically created one be sufficient?
>
> Thanks.
>
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