Chris Roffler <croffler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I am trying to setup an index on an xpath expression but the query never
> uses the index.
> Could someone enlighten me please ?
> Here is the setup :
> CREATE INDEX xml_index
> ON time_series
> USING btree
> ((xpath('/AttributeList/Attributes/Attribute/Name/text()'::text,
> external_attributes)::text[]));
> And here is the query :
> select id, name
> from
> time_series
> where
> (xpath('/AttributeList/Attributes/Attribute/Name/text()',
> external_attributes))[1]::text='Attribute100'
Doesn't work that way --- subscripting isn't an indexable operation.
To make that query fast with a standard index, you'd need the index to
be on
(xpath('/AttributeList/Attributes/Attribute/Name/text()',
external_attributes))[1]::text
regards, tom lane
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