Re: SELECT min(id) FROM test; uses seqscan

At 09:08 2/05/01 -0400, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:
>SELECT min(id) FROM test; uses sequential scan even if an index on "id"
exists. VACUUM ANALYZE doesn't help.
>

This is a known stupidity of PG, and will probably be fixed in a relatively
distant future release (when index entries are updated to match row
status). The simple workaround is:

Select id from test order by id as limit 1;

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