CREATE TABLE people( name TEXT PRIMARY KEY, role TEXT NOT NULL, height INT NOT NULL, -- in cm CHECK( role IN ('student','teacher') ) ); CREATE INDEX people_idx1 ON people(role, height); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Alice','student',156); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Bob','student',161); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Cindy','student',155); INSERT INTO people VALUES('David','student',181); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Emily','teacher',158); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Fred','student',163); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Ginny','student',169); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Harold','student',172); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Imma','student',179); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Jack','student',181); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Karen','student',163); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Logan','student',177); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Megan','teacher',159); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Nathan','student',163); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Olivia','student',161); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Patrick','teacher',180); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Quiana','student',182); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Robert','student',159); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Sally','student',166); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Tom','student',171); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Ursula','student',170); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Vance','student',179); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Willma','student',175); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Xavier','teacher',185); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Yvonne','student',149); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Zach','student',170); SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; ANALYZE; -- We do not have enough people above to actually force the use -- of a skip-scan. So make a manual adjustment to the stat1 table -- to make it seem like there are many more. UPDATE sqlite_stat1 SET stat='10000 5000 20' WHERE idx='people_idx1'; UPDATE sqlite_stat1 SET stat='10000 1' WHERE idx='sqlite_autoindex_people_1'; ANALYZE sqlite_master; SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; SELECT name FROM people WHERE role IN (SELECT DISTINCT role FROM people) AND height>=180 ORDER BY +name; SELECT name FROM people WHERE role='teacher' AND height>=180 UNION ALL SELECT name FROM people WHERE role='student' AND height>=180 ORDER BY 1; INSERT INTO people VALUES('Angie','student',166); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Brad','student',176); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Claire','student',168); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Donald','student',162); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Elaine','student',177); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Frazier','student',159); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Grace','student',179); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Horace','student',166); ANALYZE; SELECT stat FROM sqlite_stat1 WHERE idx='people_idx1'; SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; INSERT INTO people VALUES('Ingrad','student',155); INSERT INTO people VALUES('Jacob','student',179); ANALYZE; SELECT stat FROM sqlite_stat1 WHERE idx='people_idx1'; SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT name FROM people WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; CREATE TABLE peoplew( name TEXT PRIMARY KEY, role TEXT NOT NULL, height INT NOT NULL, -- in cm CHECK( role IN ('student','teacher') ) ) WITHOUT ROWID; CREATE INDEX peoplew_idx1 ON peoplew(role, height); INSERT INTO peoplew(name,role,height) SELECT name, role, height FROM people; SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE role IN (SELECT DISTINCT role FROM peoplew) AND height>=180 ORDER BY +name; SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE role='teacher' AND height>=180 UNION ALL SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE role='student' AND height>=180 ORDER BY 1; ANALYZE; SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT name FROM peoplew WHERE height>=180 ORDER BY +name; CREATE TABLE t3(a, b, c, PRIMARY KEY(a, b)) WITHOUT ROWID;