database-indexes.md

Bookmarks tagged [database-indexes]

^{www.codever.land/bookmarks/t/database-indexes}

How does database indexing work?

^{https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1108/how-does-database-indexing-work}

Why is it needed?

When data is stored on disk-based storage devices, it is stored as blocks of data. These blocks are accessed in their entirety, making them the atomic disk access operation. Disk bl...

• 📆 published on: 2008-08-04
• tags: sql, database, performance, indexing, database-indexes

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