https://ronaldbradford.com/tags/indexes/ Recent content in Indexes on Enterprise Data Architect | Principal Data Strategist | MySQL Subject Matter Expert | Author | Speaker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/2026-05-30-perconalive-bayarea-keynote-performance-tuning/ Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/2026-05-30-perconalive-bayarea-keynote-performance-tuning/ AI-Assisted SQL Tuning Last week in his keynote speech at Percona Live Bay Area 2026 , Andy Pavlo presented Databases: The Final Boss of Agents and provided some useful insights into query optimization of simulated workloads leveraging AI. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/colorado-mysql-users-group-presentation-2012-02-16/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:43:33 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/colorado-mysql-users-group-presentation-2012-02-16/ In addition to speaking at RMOUG event in Denver, I also spoke today in Broomfield on “Improving MySQL Performance with Better Indexes”. This presentation included details on : Effective examples of capture SQL via application logging and TCP/IP analysis necessary for identifying the best candidates. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/utilizing-multiple-index-per-mysql-table-join-2011-06-13/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:53:03 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/utilizing-multiple-index-per-mysql-table-join-2011-06-13/ Historically it was considered that MySQL will generally use only one index per referenced table in a SQL query. In MySQL 5.0 the introduction of merge indexes enabled for certain conditions the possibility to utilize two indexes however this could result in worst performance then creating a better index. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/upcoming-ny-presentation-how-better-indexes-save-you-money-2011-03-11/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:17:49 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/upcoming-ny-presentation-how-better-indexes-save-you-money-2011-03-11/ For all those in New York this is an upcoming MySQL presentation held in conjunction with our colleagues at General Assembly on March 22nd 2011. This presentation “How Better Indexes Save You Money” will be discussing how one simple technique can result in huge MySQL performance improvements and with zero code changes necessary. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/10x-performance-improvements-in-mysql-a-case-study-2010-02-07/ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:36:34 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/10x-performance-improvements-in-mysql-a-case-study-2010-02-07/ The slides for my presentation at FOSDEM 2010 are now available online at slideshare . In this presentation I describe a successful client implementation with the result of 10x performance improvements. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/understanding-different-mysql-index-implementations-2009-07-22/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:37:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/understanding-different-mysql-index-implementations-2009-07-22/ It is important to know and understand that while indexing columns in MySQL will generally improve performance, using the appropriate type of index can make a greater impact on performance.