On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Staff, Alexander wrote: > Hi, > I created a simple table (name char200, zip char10, city char200, street char200, id > int) and filled some data, appr. 250 000 records, in it. > I tested accessing some rows (select id from address where id = 44444;, select * > from address where id between 33333, 333444) with an unique index on id and without > an index. EXPLAIN tells me in both cases that it does NOT use the index. > I tested this with using the name column (select name from address where name like > 'Wal%';, select name from address where name = 'Walz') and if I created an index on > name it uses it. > Using id in the where clause of the select is as slow as using an unindexed name in > the where-clause. > I ran ANALYZE, no changes. > What's this ? > This is not a feature, is it ?
Can we see the output of explain analyze select...(your query here)??? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend