Mark Harrison wrote:
I'm expecting this to do an indexed scan... any clue why it's not? This is
with PG 7.4.
Someone might have a better idea but my guess is that PG things the
seq_scan would be faster. You could try decreasing your
random_page_cost. I have also heard that setting your (although I
haven't tested this) effective_cache_size higher then normal helps in
these scenarios but your mileage may vary.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
Thanks!!
planb=# explain select id,shotname from df_files where
showid=30014515::bigint;
QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on df_files (cost=0.00..791035.45 rows=540370 width=22)
Filter: (showid = 30014515::bigint)
(2 rows)
planb=# \d df_files;
Table "public.df_files"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-----------+-----------------------------+-----------
id | bigint | not null
showid | bigint | not null
shotname | character varying(256) | not null
elemname | character varying(256) | not null
frameno | character varying(12) | not null
ext | character varying(12) | not null
filename | character varying(256) | not null
filesize | bigint |
locked | boolean |
timestamp | timestamp without time zone |
Indexes:
"df_files_pkey" primary key, btree (id)
"df_files_elemname" btree (elemname)
"df_files_ext" btree (ext)
"df_files_filename" btree (filename)
"df_files_frameno" btree (frameno)
"df_files_shotname" btree (shotname)
"df_files_show" btree (showid)
"df_files_showid" btree (showid)
planb=# select count(*) from df_files where showid=30014515::bigint;
count
--------
528362
(1 row)
Time: 420598.071 ms
planb=# select count(*) from df_files;
count
----------
24415513
(1 row)
Time: 306554.085 ms
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