MySQL: Optimal index for between queries

Question

I have a table with the following structure:

CREATE TABLE `geo_ip` (
  `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `start_ip` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `end_ip         


        

Answer 1

Best index for BETWEEN queries are B-TREE indices. See MySQL docs on that Topic.

ALTER TABLE myTable ADD INDEX myIdx USING BTREE (myCol)