Hi,
I am creating a table with a single memo field and either 3 text fields (tablename, fieldname, caseID) or a single text field with the 3 text strings concatenated.
There will be a single NO DUPLICATES index on either the 3 fields or the single concatenated field.
My question is this: from a performance point of view, is it faster to have a single text field with a single column index, or a 3 column index covering the 3 text fields? My guess is the single option, but I don't know how much difference it makes? There will be approx 20 possible table names, 100 possible field names, and a few thousand caseIDs.
I only need to search on a combination of the 3 text fields, never on any of the fields individually.
Thanks for any advice!
Jim
I am creating a table with a single memo field and either 3 text fields (tablename, fieldname, caseID) or a single text field with the 3 text strings concatenated.
There will be a single NO DUPLICATES index on either the 3 fields or the single concatenated field.
My question is this: from a performance point of view, is it faster to have a single text field with a single column index, or a 3 column index covering the 3 text fields? My guess is the single option, but I don't know how much difference it makes? There will be approx 20 possible table names, 100 possible field names, and a few thousand caseIDs.
I only need to search on a combination of the 3 text fields, never on any of the fields individually.
Thanks for any advice!
Jim