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!CHAPTER Persistent indexes
!SECTION Introduction to Persistent Indexes
This is an introduction to ArangoDB's persistent indexes.
It is possible to define a persistent index on one or more attributes (or paths)
of documents. The index is then used in queries to locate documents within a given range.
If the index is declared unique, then no two documents are allowed to have the same
set of attribute values.
Creating a new document or updating a document will fail if the uniqueness is violated.
If the index is declared sparse, a document will be excluded from the index and no
uniqueness checks will be performed if any index attribute value is not set or has a value
of `null`.
!SECTION Accessing Persistent Indexes from the Shell
ensures that a unique persistent index exists
`collection.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "field1", ..., "fieldn" ], unique: true })`
Creates a unique persistent index on all documents using *field1*, ... *fieldn*
as attribute paths. At least one attribute path has to be given. The index will
be non-sparse by default.
All documents in the collection must differ in terms of the indexed
attributes. Creating a new document or updating an existing document will
will fail if the attribute uniqueness is violated.
To create a sparse unique index, set the *sparse* attribute to `true`:
`collection.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "field1", ..., "fieldn" ], unique: true, sparse: true })`
In a sparse index all documents will be excluded from the index that do not
contain at least one of the specified index attributes or that have a value
of `null` in any of the specified index attributes. Such documents will
not be indexed, and not be taken into account for uniqueness checks.
In a non-sparse index, these documents will be indexed (for non-present
indexed attributes, a value of `null` will be used) and will be taken into
account for uniqueness checks.
In case that the index was successfully created, an object with the index
details, including the index-identifier, is returned.
@startDocuBlockInline ensureUniquePersistentSingle
@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{ensureUniquePersistentSingle}
~db._create("ids");
db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "myId" ], unique: true });
db.ids.save({ "myId": 123 });
db.ids.save({ "myId": 456 });
db.ids.save({ "myId": 789 });
db.ids.save({ "myId": 123 }); // xpError(ERROR_ARANGO_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATED)
~db._drop("ids");
@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
@endDocuBlock ensureUniquePersistentSingle
@startDocuBlockInline ensureUniquePersistentMultiColmun
@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{ensureUniquePersistentMultiColmun}
~db._create("ids");
db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "name.first", "name.last" ], unique: true });
db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }});
db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "jens", "last": "jensen" }});
db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "jensen" }});
db.ids.save({ "name" : { "first" : "hans", "last": "hansen" }}); // xpError(ERROR_ARANGO_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATED)
~db._drop("ids");
@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
@endDocuBlock ensureUniquePersistentMultiColmun
<!-- js/server/modules/@arangodb/arango-collection.js-->
ensures that a non-unique persistent index exists
`collection.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "field1", ..., "fieldn" ] })`
Creates a non-unique persistent index on all documents using *field1*, ...
*fieldn* as attribute paths. At least one attribute path has to be given.
The index will be non-sparse by default.
To create a sparse unique index, set the *sparse* attribute to `true`.
In case that the index was successfully created, an object with the index
details, including the index-identifier, is returned.
@startDocuBlockInline ensurePersistent
@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{ensurePersistent}
~db._create("names");
db.names.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "first" ] });
db.names.save({ "first" : "Tim" });
db.names.save({ "first" : "Tom" });
db.names.save({ "first" : "John" });
db.names.save({ "first" : "Tim" });
db.names.save({ "first" : "Tom" });
~db._drop("names");
@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
@endDocuBlock ensurePersistent
!SUBSECTION Query by example using a persistent index
constructs a query-by-example using a persistent index
`collection.byExample(example)`
Selects all documents from the collection that match the specified example
and returns a cursor. A persistent index will be used if present.
You can use *toArray*, *next*, or *hasNext* to access the
result. The result can be limited using the *skip* and *limit*
operator.
An attribute name of the form *a.b* is interpreted as attribute path,
not as attribute. If you use
```json
{ "a" : { "c" : 1 } }
```
as example, then you will find all documents, such that the attribute
*a* contains a document of the form *{c : 1 }*. For example the document
```json
{ "a" : { "c" : 1 }, "b" : 1 }
```
will match, but the document
```json
{ "a" : { "c" : 1, "b" : 1 } }
```
will not.
However, if you use
```json
{ "a.c" : 1 },
```
then you will find all documents, which contain a sub-document in *a*
that has an attribute *c* of value *1*. Both the following documents
```json
{ "a" : { "c" : 1 }, "b" : 1 }
```
and
```json
{ "a" : { "c" : 1, "b" : 1 } }
```
will match.