Hello please, send EXPLAIN ANALYZE output. regards Pavel Stehule 2008/8/1 Marc Cuypers <m.cuypers@xxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > I'm using postgres 7.4 and bacula 1.38 on debian. > > In the bacula database there is a table named 'file' which has about 2.5 > million rows. > In this table there is a field 'jobid' which is indexed. > The index is created with the following command: > CREATE INDEX file_jobid_idx ON file USING btree (jobid); > > The query: > SELECT * from file where jobid=2792 > > does a full scan and to my opinion it doesn't use the index. > I already did a VACUUM ANALYZE on the database. > > > Somebody an idea? > > EXPLAIN tells the following: > Seq Scan on file (cost=0.00..707683.30 rows=207562 width=110) (actual > time=103215.145..161153.664 rows=1 loops=1) > Filter: (jobid = 2792) > Total runtime: 161154.734 ms > > The Verbose Explain tells the following: > {SEQSCAN > :startup_cost 0.00 > :total_cost 707683.30 > :plan_rows 207562 > :plan_width 110 > :targetlist ( > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 1 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname fileid > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 1 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 1 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 1 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 2 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname fileindex > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 2 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 2 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 2 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 3 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname jobid > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 3 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 3 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 3 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 4 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname pathid > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 4 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 4 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 4 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 5 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname filenameid > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 5 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 5 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 5 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 6 > :restype 23 > :restypmod -1 > :resname markid > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 6 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 6 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 6 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 7 > :restype 25 > :restypmod -1 > :resname lstat > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 7 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 7 > :vartype 25 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 7 > } > } > > {TARGETENTRY > :resdom > {RESDOM > :resno 8 > :restype 25 > :restypmod -1 > :resname md5 > :ressortgroupref 0 > :resorigtbl 440806231 > :resorigcol 8 > :resjunk false > } > > :expr > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 8 > :vartype 25 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 8 > } > } > ) > > :qual ( > {OPEXPR > :opno 96 > :opfuncid 65 > :opresulttype 16 > :opretset false > :args ( > {VAR > :varno 1 > :varattno 3 > :vartype 23 > :vartypmod -1 > :varlevelsup 0 > :varnoold 1 > :varoattno 3 > } > > {CONST > :consttype 23 > :constlen 4 > :constbyval true > :constisnull false > :constvalue 4 [ -24 10 0 0 ] > } > ) > } > ) > > :lefttree <> > :righttree <> > :initPlan <> > :extParam () > > :allParam () > > :nParamExec 0 > :scanrelid 1 > } > > Seq Scan on file (cost=0.00..707683.30 rows=207562 width=110) (actual > time=103215.145..161153.664 rows=1 loops=1) > Filter: (jobid = 2792) > Total runtime: 161154.734 ms > > > -- > Best regards, > > Marc > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >