As mentioned in the Index overview page, a table index helps SQL statements run faster. The syntax for creating an index is:
CREATE INDEX "INDEX_NAME" ON "TABLE_NAME" (COLUMN_NAME)
Let's assume that we have the following table,
TABLE Customer
(First_Name char(50),
Last_Name char(50),
Address char(50),
City char(50),
Country char(25),
Birth_Date date)
and we want to create an index on the column Last_Name, we would type in,
CREATE INDEX IDX_CUSTOMER_LAST_NAME
on CUSTOMER (Last_Name)
If we want to create an index on both City and Country, we would type in,
CREATE INDEX IDX_CUSTOMER_LOCATION
on CUSTOMER (City, Country)