From: | T E Schmitz <mailreg(at)numerixtechnology(dot)de> |
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To: | pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | indexing for left join |
Date: | 2006-01-19 15:41:25 |
Message-ID: | 43CFB325.9060306@numerixtechnology.de |
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I have two tables:
TABLE ITEM
(
ITEM_PK serial,
RETAIL_PRICE numeric (7,2) NOT NULL,
...
PRIMARY KEY (ITEM_PK)
)
TABLE SERIAL_NO
(
SERIAL_NO_PK serial,
NO varchar (20) NOT NULL,
NAME varchar (20),
ITEM_FK integer NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (SERIAL_NO_PK)
);
common query:
SELECT ITEM.ITEM_PK FROM ITEM
LEFT JOIN SERIAL_NO ON SERIAL_NO.ITEM_FK = ITEM.ITEM_PK
WHERE SERIAL_NO.NO ='WX1234'
GROUP BY ITEM.ITEM_PK
Table ITEM will eventually grow very big and SERIAL_NO will grow with
it. There will normally be zero or one SERIAL_NO per ITEM; few ITEMs
will have more than one SERIAL_NO.
I have created an index for SERIAL_NO.NO and one for SERIAL_NO.ITEM_FK
for the above query.
I ran an EXPLAIN:
HashAggregate (cost=1.06..1.06 rows=1 width=4)
-> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..1.06 rows=1 width=4)
Join Filter: ("inner".item_fk = "outer".item_pk)
-> Seq Scan on item (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=1 width=4)
-> Seq Scan on serial_no (cost=0.00..1.05 rows=1 width=4)
Filter: (("no")::text = 'WX1234'::text)
Sequential despite the indices? Or is this because the tables of my test
DB are virtually empty?
Many thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
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