SQL Table Index

Full Table Scan When a DBMS sees a query of the form like 1 2 3 SELECT * FROM R WHERE <condition> The obvious thing to do is read through the tuples of R and report these tuples that satisfy the condition. This is called a Full Table Scan. Selective Query If we have to report 80% of the tuples in R, it makes sense to do a full table scan....

January 11, 2014 · 3 min · 437 words · Eric