Fastest way to get rows and data from MySQL database?

Question

I have a search feature on my website where i want to search for users and display the user's first name, last name, and email. what is the fastest way to do that?

My table is:

id    first name    last name    email

0     john          bay          johnbay123@gmail.com
1     bob           lof          boblof123@gmail.com
2     bob           mask         mattmask123@gmail.com

I have many other rows/users, like 10,000.

For example, the user searches for "bob". what is the fastest way to search the database for "bob" and display each user's first name, last name, and email?

Answer 1

You can create a View for the required columns from your Table, you need not include all the columns here.

CREATE VIEW vw_yourTable as SELECT *required columns* FROM #YourTable

Then you can create indexes on your search columns of your view. This will enable you to search faster using your view, however, it will not impact your INSERT queries on your primary Table.