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Originally Posted by Xenon
but on the other hand, there are a lot of forums, which don't store the ips, and then and index wouldn't be of use
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The default setting on vBulletin is to store IPs and not display them publicly. Most people don't change default settings so an index could help everyone.
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Originally Posted by Paul M
While indexing every field would ot make sense, there are a number of places that really could use them. The extra speed and saved resources on a select are usually worth the small amount of extra overhead when a record is added, and the space taken up. IMO people are often too afraid to add indexes when they really shouldn't be.
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Couldn't put it any better!