In the previous topics, you learned different index structures and how to create indexes on a table. Now let's see different indexes in detail that are available in MySQL and their importance.
When you create a table in MySQL, there are five types of index options available:
- PRIMARY
- UNIQUE
- COLUMN
- FULLTEXT
- SPATIAL
You can choose any of these indexes on your table based on your database design; the frequency of data and columns used in the query would accordingly help you define where indexes need to be applied.