Commit c8d61fa1 authored by Alex de Landgraaf's avatar Alex de Landgraaf Committed by Tim Graham
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Fixed #21986 -- Added some guidelines for database indexes.

Thanks django-issues at colons.co for the suggestion.
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@@ -36,11 +36,19 @@ Use standard DB optimization techniques

...including:

* Indexes. This is a number one priority, *after* you have determined from
* Indexes_. This is a number one priority, *after* you have determined from
  profiling what indexes should be added. Use
  :attr:`django.db.models.Field.db_index` or
  :attr:`Field.db_index <django.db.models.Field.db_index>` or
  :attr:`Meta.index_together <django.db.models.Options.index_together>` to add
  these from Django.
  these from Django. Consider adding indexes to fields that you frequently
  query using :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.filter()`,
  :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.exclude()`,
  :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.order_by()`, etc. as indexes may help
  to speed up lookups. Note that determining the best indexes is a complex
  database-dependent topic that will depend on your particular application.
  The overhead of maintaining an index may outweigh any gains in query speed.

.. _Indexes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_index

* Appropriate use of field types.