Hi,
Simon Riggs wrote:
> Most high volume tables are Fact tables with potentially more than 1 row
> per Object/Dimension, so the unique index isn't appropriate in those
> cases.
>
> When partitioning a Major Entity its much easier to regard the PK as the
> partitioning key + unique key, which is frequently possible, even if it
> does break the exhortation against intelligent keys.
Okay, so you are saying that a general purpose multi-table index isn't
needed, but instead something based on the partitioning rule set and the
per table indexes should be sufficient for the vast majority of cases?
Regards
Markus