Re: Number of characters in column preventing index usage

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On 02/17/2017 11:42 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Hustler DBA <hustlerdba@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hustlerdba@xxxxxxxxx>>wrote:


    my_db=# create index tab_idx1 on tab(ID);

    CREATE INDEX
    my_db=# explain (analyze, buffers) select count(*) from tab where ID
    = '01625cfa-2bf8-45cf' ;
                                                                  QUERY
    PLAN
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Aggregate  (cost=8.29..8.30 rows=1 width=0) (actual
    time=0.048..0.048 rows=1 loops=1)
       Buffers: shared read=2
       ->  Index Only Scan using tab_idx1 on tab  (cost=0.27..8.29
    rows=1 width=0) (actual time=0.043..0.043 rows=0 loops=1)
             Index Cond: (ID = '01625cfa-2bf8-45cf'::text)



       ->  Seq Scan on tab  (cost=0.00..14.79 rows=5 width=0) (actual
    time=0.031..0.108 rows=5 loops=1)
             Filter: ((ID)::text =
    '01625cfa-2bf8-45cf-bf4c-aa5f3c6fa8ea'::text)
             Rows Removed by Filter: 218
             Buffers: shared hit=12
     Planning time: 0.122 ms
     Execution time: 0.180 ms
    (8 rows)


​IIRC the only reason the first query cares to use the index is because
it can perform an Index Only Scan and thus avoid touching the heap at
all.  If it cannot avoid touching the heap the planner is going to just
use a sequential scan to retrieve the records directly from the heap and
save the index lookup step.


I don't follow - the queries are exactly the same in both cases, except the parameter value. So both cases are eligible for index only scan.

regards

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