On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Chris Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I have a number of tables in my database where the queries appear to > ignoring the primary key and doing a seq scan instead, however other tables > appear to be fine. I can see any difference between them. > > Is their any way of determination why the otimizer isn't picking up the > primary key? > > Version 8.3.3 windows > > An example of a non working table is: > > select * from industries where industryid = 1; > "Seq Scan on industries (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=1 width=116) (actual > time=0.011..0.013 rows=1 loops=1)"
According to this there's only one row in the table. why WOULD postgresql use an index when it can just scan the one row table in a split second. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
