From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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To: | Denis <denis(at)next2me(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Yet Another (Simple) Case of Index not used |
Date: | 2003-04-08 23:46:23 |
Message-ID: | 20030408234623.GD15928@svana.org |
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 12:57:16PM -0700, Denis wrote:
> The query I am trying to do (fast) is:
>
> select count(*) from addresses;
>
> This takes more than a second to complete, because, as the 'explain' command
> shows me,
> the index created on 'addresses' is not used, and a seq scan is being used.
> One would assume that the creation of an index would allow the counting of
> the number of entries in a table to be instantanous?
Incorrect assumption. select count(*) can produce different results in
different backends depending on the current state of the active
transactions.
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> "the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or
> religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.
> Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do."
> - Samuel P. Huntington
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