Nick Raj <nickrajjain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 05:31:04PM +0530, Nick Raj wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have build an index. When, i execute the query, it gives the result > by > > > sequential scan, not by using my index. > > > > > For that, i have set enable_seqscan=off in postgresql.conf. But it > still > > > going through sequential scan. > > > > It sounds like your index can't actually be used to satisfy your > > query. Without seeing the table definition, index definition, and > > query, however, it's pretty hard to give you a real answer. > > ... and the output produced by > > explain analyse <insert your query> > > Explain analyze of my query > explain analyze select * from vehicle_stindex where ndpoint_overlap(' > (116.4,39.3,2008/02/11 11:11:11),(117.8,39.98,2008/02/13 11:11:11) > ',stpoint); > QUERY > PLAN > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Seq Scan on vehicle_stindex (cost=10000000000.00..10000050870.86 rows= > 698823 width=66) (actual time=3285.106..3285.106 rows=0 loops=1) > Filter: ndpoint_overlap('(116.400000,39.300000,2008-02-11 > 11:11:11+05:30),(117.800000,39.980000,2008-02-13 11:11:11+05:30)'::ndpoint, > stpoint) > Total runtime: 3285.153 ms > (3 rows) > > > Table Defination > > Table "public.vehicle_stindex" > Column | Type | Modifiers > ---------+---------+----------- > regno | text | > stpoint | ndpoint | > Indexes: > "stindex" gist (stpoint) > > It has 2099192 tuples. > > > Index defination > create index stindex on vehicle_stindex using gist(stpoint). > > > I have defined a datatype called ndpoint. It works same as contrib/cube > code (cube datatype). > Query is working fine. I mean no error from query or my datatype. All are > giving right result. > > If anything more to mention, then tell me Okay. Sorry, i'm not familiar with gist and gist-functions and postgis and so on, but i think, your index is unuseable in this case. To use the index you have to build a functional index with this function, for instance (i'm not sure if this is correct, as i said, i'm not familiar with this): create index stindex on vehicle_stindex (ndpoint_overlap(...)) Simple example for an functional index: test=# create table foo (f text); CREATE TABLE Time: 5,555 ms test=*# create index idx_foo on foo(md5(f)); CREATE INDEX now you have an index on the md5-sum from foo.f, and you can say: select * from foo where md5(f) = md5('test') I think, that's the way you are looking for. Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general