"D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not looking for an exact answer here, but instead something more > "rule of thumb". If I have a table with many fields, and I retrieving > small groups of fields during a SELECT, whereby the groups of fields are > indexed and/or clustered, will I get a faster select in the left-most > fields, or the right-most fields? Or will it not matter?
Fields earlier in the table definition (further to the left) are marginally faster to access than ones further to the right. I doubt it would be real noticeable unless you had hundreds of fields altogether. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend