----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:50 PM Subject: Index Ignored Due To Use Of View
PostgreSQL 8.3.14 OS: Linux Redhat 5.4 Note: I have used the same subject for this email taken from an email: Posted 2011-02-24 13:29:22-08 by "David Johnston", because this seems to be a very similar observation. Bug/Problem Summary: We are using a simple query based on a simple view and the query optimizer is not choosing an index. The same query without the view is using an index. The same query on an almost identical view, but having either removed a single column which was generated via a function call or replace the function call with equivalent SQL, then the query optimizer is choosing an index. I found the solution to the problem and it would therefore appear as though this is not a bug! If I change the function definition to be "STABLE" instead of "VOLATILE", then the problem goes away. Regards Donald Fraser
