Query performance with large number of fields

Hi, I am designing an index of documents that have a large number of
fields. The JSON blob being indexed is complex and deeply nested. I
need to decide whether to cut out the complex part of the document to
improve query performance. I am not concerned about indexing
performance, it can be slow (within reason).

Will query performance be affected by a large number of fields in the
index?

The vast majority of queries will be very simple, querying on a few
terms, so that is what we want to optimize for.

Grant

No, the number of fields should not affect query performance to a degree
that you would notice.

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Grant Rodgers grantr@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, I am designing an index of documents that have a large number of
fields. The JSON blob being indexed is complex and deeply nested. I
need to decide whether to cut out the complex part of the document to
improve query performance. I am not concerned about indexing
performance, it can be slow (within reason).

Will query performance be affected by a large number of fields in the
index?

The vast majority of queries will be very simple, querying on a few
terms, so that is what we want to optimize for.

Grant