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title: 'The order of columns in multi-column indices matters'
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thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-10
author_username: tobias_petry
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created_at: 2022-03-11T19:36:02+00:00
slug: the-order-of-columns-in-multi-column-indices-matters
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⚡️ Database Tip

Creating indexes is a handcraft learned from experience, multiple-column indexes is a lot more complicated. But it doesn't have to be complicated!

Here are 3 simple rules for the column ordering of multiple column indexes, solving 80% of the perf problems.