In response to Matthew <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Pablo Alcaraz wrote: > > it would be nice to do something with selects so we can recover a rowset > > on huge tables using a criteria with indexes without fall running a full > > scan. > > You mean: Be able to tell Postgres "Don't ever do a sequential scan of > this table. It's silly. I would rather the query failed than have to wait > for a sequential scan of the entire table." > > Yes, that would be really useful, if you have huge tables in your > database. Is there something wrong with: set enable_seqscan = off ? -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 412-422-3463x4023 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq