>
>
> What are the RLS policies on the table?
>
> From select * from pg_policies:
"((tenant_name)::name = CURRENT_USER)"
> What is the definition of the GIN index?
>
> CREATE INDEX search__gist
ON public.search USING gist
(search COLLATE pg_catalog."default" gist_trgm_ops)
TABLESPACE pg_default;
> Best guess is the RLS is preventing access to the field needed by the
> index.
>
> I didn't realize RLS can limit access to a specific field/index - my
understanding was that it only affects what rows get returned/can be
update/inserted.
>
> >
> > select * from search where search like '%yo'
> >
> > Creates this query plan:
> > "Seq Scan on search (cost=0.00..245.46 rows=1 width=163)"
> > " Filter: (((tenant_name)::name = CURRENT_USER) AND (search ~~
> > '%yo'::text))"
> >
> > Running this same query with the owner of the table, thereby disabling
> > RLS, the index gets used as expected:
> > "Bitmap Heap Scan on search (cost=4.49..96.33 rows=44 width=163)"
> > " Recheck Cond: (search ~~ '%yo'::text)"
> > " -> Bitmap Index Scan on search__gist (cost=0.00..4.48 rows=44
> width=0)"
> > " Index Cond: (search ~~ '%yo'::text)"
> >
> > I see the same behavior with more complex queries, switching to GIN
> > index, more complex RLS rules, using word_similarity instead of like,
> > using full text search and larger data sets (e.g. 100k rows). This is on
> > PostgreSQL v11.1 on Windows 10.
> >
> > --
> > *Derek*
> > +1 (415) 754-0519 |derek.h...@gmail.com <mailto:derek.h...@gmail.com> |
> > Skype: derek.hans
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
>
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