>Jean-Michel Pouré<jm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does not show any result because of ROLLBACK; Then you need to use a better tool to run it. For example, in psql: test=# create table t2 (c1 int not null); CREATE TABLE test=# insert into t2 select * from generate_series(1,10000); INSERT 0 10000 test=# create unique index t2_c1 on t2 (c1); CREATE INDEX test=# explain analyze select count(*) from t2 where c1 between 200 and 400; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate (cost=47.77..47.78 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=0.668..0.669 rows=1 loops=1) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on t2 (cost=4.76..47.64 rows=50 width=0) (actual time=0.091..0.380 rows=201 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((c1 >= 200) AND (c1 <= 400)) -> Bitmap Index Scan on t2_c1 (cost=0.00..4.75 rows=50 width=0) (actual time=0.080..0.080 rows=201 loops=1) Index Cond: ((c1 >= 200) AND (c1 <= 400)) Total runtime: 0.722 ms (6 rows) test=# begin transaction; BEGIN test=# drop index t2_c1; DROP INDEX test=# explain analyze select count(*) from t2 where c1 between 200 and 400; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate (cost=190.50..190.51 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=3.324..3.325 rows=1 loops=1) -> Seq Scan on t2 (cost=0.00..190.00 rows=200 width=0) (actual time=0.053..3.036 rows=201 loops=1) Filter: ((c1 >= 200) AND (c1 <= 400)) Total runtime: 3.366 ms (4 rows) test=# rollback transaction; ROLLBACK -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance