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

Adding indices will help.

Note: If your query is sth like

where x between a and b AND y between c and d

, a INDEX(x, y) will not improve the performance, but two seperate indices for x and y will.