Indexescreated
Indexescreated is a term that refers to the act or process of creating indexes within a database system. Indexes are specialized data structures that improve the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table. Think of them like the index in the back of a book; they allow the database to quickly locate specific rows without having to scan the entire table.
When a database administrator or developer creates an index on one or more columns of a table,
The creation of indexes involves trade-offs. While they significantly speed up read operations (SELECT statements), they