Chapter 16. Organizing the Index Design Process

  1. Tapio Lahdenmäki,
  2. Michael Leach

Published Online: 27 JAN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0471721379.ch16

Relational Database Index Design and the Optimizers: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, et al.

Relational Database Index Design and the Optimizers: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, et al.

How to Cite

Lahdenmäki, T. and Leach, M. (2005) Organizing the Index Design Process, in Relational Database Index Design and the Optimizers: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, et al., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471721379.ch16

Author Information

  1. Smlednik, Slovenia, Shrewsbury, England

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 JAN 2005
  2. Published Print: 24 JUN 2005

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471719991

Online ISBN: 9780471721376

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Keywords:

  • index design organization;
  • people responsibilities;
  • computer-assisted index design tools;
  • objectives;
  • strengths;
  • shortcomings;
  • estimation process summary;
  • nine step process;
  • excellent indexes

Summary

How the index design process may be organized with regard to the responsibilities of the people involved. The use of computer-assisted index design tools; their objectives and their strengths together with their shortcomings. A summary of the basic estimation process; nine steps towards excellent indexes.