Andrus <kobruleht2@xxxxxx> schrieb: > Index is not used for > > is null > > condition: > > create index makse_dokumnr_idx on makse(dokumnr); > explain select > sum( summa) > from MAKSE > where dokumnr is null > > "Aggregate (cost=131927.95..131927.96 rows=1 width=10)" > " -> Seq Scan on makse (cost=0.00..131927.94 rows=1 width=10)" > " Filter: (dokumnr IS NULL)" > > > > Table makse contains 1200000 rows and about 800 rows with dokumnr is null > so using index is much faster that seq scan. > How to fix ? Create a partial index like below: test=# create table foo ( i float); CREATE TABLE Zeit: 1,138 ms test=*# insert into foo select random() from generate_series(1,1000000); INSERT 0 1000000 test=*# insert into foo values (NULL); INSERT 0 1 test=*# create index idx_foo on foo(i) where i is null; CREATE INDEX test=*# explain analyse select * from foo where i is null; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitmap Heap Scan on foo (cost=5.51..4690.89 rows=5000 width=8) (actual time=0.037..0.038 rows=1 loops=1) Recheck Cond: (i IS NULL) -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_foo (cost=0.00..4.26 rows=5000 width=0) (actual time=0.033..0.033 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (i IS NULL) Total runtime: 0.068 ms (5 Zeilen) Maybe there are other solutions... Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance