Re: Index usage for BYTEA column in OR/IN clause

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com>
Cc: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Index usage for BYTEA column in OR/IN clause
Date: 2004-03-28 15:48:49
Message-ID: 15883.1080488929@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com> writes:
> The table contain +- 1 mil records, all of the actual version of the
> queries below return < 10 rows, so an index should be used. Using an
> index scan, the query ran < 100ms. Using seq scan, 2-3 secs. So there is
> no good reason why a seq scan should be used, especially in a case of
> b='foo' or b='bar'.

[shrug...] We can't possibly diagnose a bad-plan-choice problem with
the amount of information you've provided. See
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SlowQueryPostingGuidelines

regards, tom lane

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