Indexes are fundamental to database performance, but too often, they’re treated as “set it and forget it” structures. As the data landscape evolves—with hybrid cloud deployments, real-time analytics, ...

Using table indexes in databases enables you to find information within the database faster and more efficiently than not using table indexes. The two index types that are commonly used in database ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

You can use indexes not only to speed up queries, but also to paginate, sort, and filter documents in FaunaDB Indexes are a core feature of almost every database today, so it’s no surprise that ...

We all know how to define database indexes, but which indexes to define remains a mysterious art for most software developers. This discussion will use general principles and specific scenarios to ...

Third time’s the charm? Microsoft hopes the scalability of Azure HorizonDB, will lure new customers where its two existing PostgreSQL databases did not.