Index problem

Hi!

I am using PostgreSQL 7.1.2, and have problems making a query use an
index and not perform tablescans.

The table has the following definition:

Attribute | Type |
Modifier
------------------------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------
game_index_oid | integer | not null
gamegroup_oid | integer |
user_oid | integer |
marketplace_oid | integer |
number_of_participants | integer |
total_value | double precision |
avg_value | double precision |
index_value | double precision |
created_date | timestamp with time zone | not null default
"timestamp"('now'::text)
index_type | character(1) |
market_index_value | double precision |

I have generated an index on the index_type field with the following
statement:

create index gi_index_type on game_indices(index_type);

As far as I can understand, the following statement;
select * from game_indices where index_type='G';

should use this index. But when I try explain, I get the following result:

>explain select * from game_indices where index_type = 'G';
>NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
>
>Seq Scan on game_indices (cost=0.00..8454.04 rows=11080 width=72)
>
>EXPLAIN

However, if I try the same select but with a differend index_type value
I get:

>explain select * from game_indices where index_type = 'M';
>NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
>
>Index Scan using gi_index_type on game_indices (cost=0.00..116.67
>rows=33 width=72)
>
>EXPLAIN

So. When the constraint is for index_type='G', a seq scan is used, and
for other values of index_type the index is used. The table has 361000
entries, with the following index_type values:
count | index_type
--------+------------
11080 | G
328 | M
349958 |

Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.

Regards
Rolf Woll
Anakon