> Paul Jones <pbj@xxxxxxxxxx> hat am 18. März 2016 um 21:24 geschrieben: > > > In Postgres 9.5.1 with a shared_buffer cache of 7Gb, a SELECT from > a single table that uses an index appears to read the table into the > shared_buffer cache. Then, as many times as the exact same SELECT is > repeated in the same session, it runs blazingly fast and doesn't even > touch the disk. All good. > > Now, in the *same* session, if a different SELECT from the *same* table, > using the *same* index is run, it appears to read the entire table from > disk again. > > Why is this? Is there something about the query that qualifies the > contents of the share_buffer cache? Would this act differently for > different kinds of indexes? the first query reads only the tuple from heap that are matched the where-condition. The 2nd query with an other where-condition reads other rows than the first query. Keep in mind: a index search reads the index and pulls the rows that matched the condition from the heap, no more. Regards -- Andreas Kretschmer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
