On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 08:52:50PM +0200, Andrus wrote: > explain analyze select * from firma2.dok where dokumnr='1228137'::float8 > > "Seq Scan on dok (cost=0.00..187766.23 rows=6255 width=1145) (actual > time=43168.460..43176.063 rows=1 loops=1)" > " Filter: ((dokumnr)::double precision = 1228137::double precision)" > "Total runtime: 43176.375 ms" > > shows that index is not used and thus query takes very long time. > > How to force PostgreSql to speed up without changing query ? I'm not sure if PG 8.1 will recognize it, but you could try creating a functional index on the column when cast to the appropriate type. I.e: CREATE INDEX dok_dokumnr_float8_idx ON dok (((dokumnr)::double precision)); Sam -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general