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Old 05-30-07, 06:09
raavi raavi is offline
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index column names in a database

Hi all,
can u please tell me How to get index column names in a database.

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raavi
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Old 05-30-07, 09:43
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CREATE INDEX index_name ON tbl_name (index_col_name)

Which database system are you using?
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Old 06-02-07, 22:03
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A few databases implement the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views, but almost all of them require you to use a database engine specific query. Finding out which columns are indexed is often one of the biggest challenges, since nearly every database engine has a different concept of how to do that job.

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