Greetings! I am using <inherits> to partition several tables. When I perform a query on another table, and then try to join against an inherited table set, the optimizer does not use any indexes to perform the join. This is 8.0.1. Is this fixed in 8.0.2 or 8.0.3? The query: explain select * from ( select * from eventlog.record_classification as record_classification where time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamptz and time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamptz order by time_written, luid offset 0 limit 500 ) as classification join eventlog.record_main as main using (luid, time_written) ; The explanation: QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hash Join (cost=51.15..20191003.89 rows=208027 width=178) Hash Cond: (("outer".luid = "inner".luid) AND ("outer".time_written = "inner".time_written)) -> Append (cost=0.00..14641488.64 rows=554738383 width=96) -> Seq Scan on record_main main (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=1 width=96) -> Seq Scan on _20050723__record_main main (cost=0.00..94078.62 rows=3564462 width=96) -> Seq Scan on _20050724__record_main main (cost=0.00..110075.12 rows=4170512 width=96) -> Seq Scan on _20050725__record_main main (cost=0.00..122836.02 rows=4654002 width=96) -> Seq Scan on _20050726__record_main main (cost=0.00..142347.71 rows=5393271 width=96) -> Seq Scan on _20050727__record_main main (cost=0.00..130858.80 rows=4957980 width=96) .... (and so on, currently 123 such inheritd tables) .... -> Hash (cost=51.07..51.07 rows=15 width=98) -> Subquery Scan classification (cost=50.89..51.07 rows=15 width=98) -> Limit (cost=50.89..50.92 rows=15 width=98) -> Sort (cost=50.89..50.92 rows=15 width=98) Sort Key: record_classification.time_written, record_classification.luid -> Result (cost=0.00..50.59 rows=15 width=98) -> Append (cost=0.00..50.59 rows=15 width=98) -> Seq Scan on record_classification (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=1 width=98) Filter: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> Index Scan using _20050705__record_classification_time_written_idx on _20050705__record_classification record_classification (cost=0.00..3.46 rows=1 width=54) Index Cond: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> Index Scan using _20050701__record_classification_time_written_idx on _20050701__record_classification record_classification (cost=0.00..3.59 rows=1 width=54) Index Cond: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> Index Scan using _20050702__record_classification_time_written_idx on _20050702__record_classification record_classification (cost=0.00..3.69 rows=1 width=54) Index Cond: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> Index Scan using _20050703__record_classification_time_written_idx on _20050703__record_classification record_classification (cost=0.00..3.70 rows=1 width=54) Index Cond: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) .... (and so on) .... -> Index Scan using _20050714__record_classification_time_written_idx on _20050714__record_classification record_classification (cost=0.00..3.69 rows=1 width=53) Index Cond: ((time_written >= '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (time_written < '2005-07-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) (164 rows) Sample tables: eventlog=# \d eventlog_partition._20050723__record_main Table "eventlog_partition._20050723__record_main" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------------------+--------------------------+----------- luid | bigint | not null host_luid | integer | not null log_luid | integer | not null time_logged | timestamp with time zone | not null record_number | bigint | not null time_generated_epoch | bigint | not null time_generated | timestamp with time zone | not null time_written_epoch | bigint | not null time_written | timestamp with time zone | not null event_id | bigint | not null event_type | integer | not null event_category | integer | not null source_luid | integer | not null computer_luid | integer | not null sid_luid | integer | message_luid | integer | Indexes: "_20050723__record_main_message_idx" UNIQUE, btree (message_luid, luid) "_20050723__record_main_sid_idx" UNIQUE, btree (sid_luid, luid) "_20050723__record_main_time_generated_idx" UNIQUE, btree (time_generated, luid) "_20050723__record_main_time_logged_idx" UNIQUE, btree (time_logged, luid) "_20050723__record_main_time_written_idx" UNIQUE, btree (time_written, luid) "_20050723__record_main_pkey" btree (luid) Inherits: record_main eventlog=# \d eventlog.record_classification Table "eventlog.record_classification" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------------+--------------------------+----------- luid | bigint | not null class_luid | integer | not null time_written | timestamp with time zone | not null account_luid | integer | group_luid | integer | caller_luid | integer | source_machine | character varying(30) | source_ip | character varying(30) | Indexes: "record_classification_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (luid) "record_classification_account_idx" btree (account_luid, time_written) "record_classification_caller_idx" btree (caller_luid, time_written) "record_classification_class_idx" btree (class_luid, time_written) "record_classification_group_idx" btree (group_luid, time_written) "record_classification_ip_idx" btree (source_ip, time_written) "record_classification_machine_idx" btree (source_machine, time_written) Foreign-key constraints: "record_classification_class_luid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (class_luid) REFERENCES eventlog.classification(luid) "record_classification_account_luid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (account_luid) REFERENCES eventlog.account(luid) "record_classification_group_luid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (group_luid) REFERENCES eventlog.account(luid) "record_classification_caller_luid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (caller_luid) REFERENCES eventlog.account(luid) <luid> represents a unique key. I have tried the query using just <luid> as the join condition, same result. The system can use the <_XXXXXXXX__record_main_pkey> index on each <_XXXXXXXX__record_main> table to do an index scan on <luid>, but instead it chooses to do a sequential scan. This is true whether <_XXXXXXXX__record_main_pkey> is specified as unique or not. I have "vacuum analyze" the entire database before running the queries. I have set the <default_statistics_target> in postgresql.conf to 100 to obtain more accurate statistics. If I specify a specific sub-table (ie, <eventlog_partition._XXXXXXXX__record_main>), in the join, the optimizer uses the indexes to speed search. Any ideas? Regards! Ed ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly