1 sql request per property, or only one "big" sql request ?
How are you planning on merging distinct requests? One case I've seen where you need something like this is when you want to get a valid subset of filter values (which would return 1+ rows) for each next filter, but in the end all filters are still combined into one query.
You need to decide on:
- what predicates are allowed (=, %STARTSWITH, <, >, LIKE, IN, ISNULL, BETWEEN)
- what logic operations are allowed (OR, AND, NOT)
- are nesting and brackets allowed
- is it free form (auto constructed from metadata) or fixed (from a pre-set list of properties).
After that on a client you construct filter object, validate and parse it on a server and execute the query.
If you're not satisfied with performance, server-side part can be tweaked without modifying the client.
what's the disadvantage of using lot of indexes ?
INSERTS/UPDATES are slower, more space is needed.
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