On 27 May 2010 12:22, Chris Roffler <croffler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a table with an xml column, created an index as follows: > CREATE INDEX xml_index > ON test > USING btree > (((xpath('//*/ChangedBy/text()'::text, external_attributes))[1]::text)); > And here is my select statement: > Select uuid from t > where (xpath('//*/ChangedBy/text()', external_attributes))[1]::text = > 'User'; > I then insert 100rows into this table, then do a select with the above > statement. > Explain shows that the query is using the xml_index. > Now I insert 5000 more rows and Explain shows that the query does not use > the xml_index anymore. > However, if I drop the index and re create it, then Explain tells me that > it's using the index again. > Any ideas what is going on here ? > Thanks > Chris > I'd run an ANALYZE after inserting 5000 more rows. The stats will be out of date. Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general