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Re: Surprised by index choice for count(*)

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Rob Sargent <robjsargent@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Should I be?  I would have thought the pk would have been chosen v. 
> function index?

If I'm reading this correctly, the PK index contains uuids while
the fpv index contains float4s, meaning the latter is probably half
the size.  So scanning it is a lot cheaper, at least according to
the planner's cost model.

			regards, tom lane




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