On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Multicolumn indices on (c1, c2, ..., cn) can only be used on where >> clauses involving c1..ck with k<n. > > I don't think that's true. I believe it can be used for a query that > only touches, say, c2. It's just extremely inefficient. Does postgres generate those kinds of plans? I do not think so. I've never seen it happening. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance