A table can have 1 index, or it has two or more ind...???
Is it Indexes or Indices? I'm just asking since I've noticed that they're both used quite often. Even the Wikipedia page seems to support both spellings, although it prefers to use Indexes.
Or, just to make it simple... Which spelling is the preferred one?
This page makes a clear distinction:
"The plural of the noun index should always be indices. This handily distinguishes it from the present tense of the verb index, which can only be indexes."
-http://federalist.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/grammar-indexes-vs-indices/
are we voting or answering :) I vote Indexes b/c that is what I always use.
Both are valid English; that is why you see both used. One person may be used to the other, while the guy down the hall says it the other way. See dictionary.com if you haven't already.
Good question.
I generally feel that "indices" is more correct, but "indexes" more common. So when not trying to be extra highbrow, I uses "indexes".
One isn't more correct than the other. We speak English, not Latin.
However, if you restrict it to databases, I think the more common spelling is indexes, and Google supports me on this.
Just avoid "index" as a noun. Use it as an adjective. "Index Columns" or fields or whatever.
Another solution is to go with the more fun, "indexerizers" or "indexers"... it depends if you want people to take you seriously or not.
"Thing" and "thingers" are generally good, and I prefer them to actually saying what I'm talking about.
if all the big dictionaries are pandering to ignorance, it explains how English became the ridiculously difficult language it is. Indices is the plural. Don't give me two different ways to spell it, that would give rise to debates like this for no good reason.