Re: problem with 8.0rc1 not using indexes(solved)

Tony Caduto wrote:
> Well, I got my 8.0 RC1 working the same as my 7.4.5 and it is for sure
> because of some difference in the SQL engine.
>
> On my 7.4.5 box I had the following in the postgresql.conf file:
>
> enable_seqscan = true (this is the default setting)
> 7.4.5 had no problems using the indexes with this setting = true
>
> on 8.0RC1 it refused to use certain indexes if enable_seqscan = true
> I set this value to false on 8.0 and my performance came back to the
> 7.4.5 levels.
>
> Is there some other setting in the conf file that would affect the
> optimizer?
>
> The weird part is if I ran each query in the function by itself Explain
> would always report the index being used, but when run in the context of
> the function the indexes where not being used.

Is not solved because is a bad idea run the server with that parameter
disabled.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola