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Re: Multiple column index usage question

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On 01/19/07 15:53, Jan Muszynski wrote:
> Rather simple question, of which I'm not sure of the answer.
> 
> If I have a multiple column index, say:
>     Index index1 on tableA (foo,bar)
> 
> and I then:
>     Select * from "tableA" where foo = <some value>
> 
> Will index1 be used, or am I looking at a seqscan in all circumstances?

Yes, it will use the index.

However, in earlier versions, the lvalue & rvalue needed to match in
type to use the index.

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