https://nalar.dev/tags/indexing/ Recent content in Indexing on Nalar Hugo en-us Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/use-partial-indexes-to-index-the-rows-you-actually-query/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/use-partial-indexes-to-index-the-rows-you-actually-query/ <p>A normal database index contains an entry for every table row that qualifies for the indexed columns. That is often appropriate, but some applications repeatedly query only a small, stable subset of a table.</p> <p>Consider a task table where most tasks eventually become completed or archived, while the application dashboard mainly reads current open tasks. A full index on <code>project_id</code> keeps index entries for historical rows even though those rows are rarely part of the hot query path.</p>