* Chris Browne: > The RangeType-based equivalent is the following: > > rangetest@localhost-> explain analyze select * from some_data where > '[2010-01-01,2010-02-01)'::daterange @> whensit; > QUERY PLAN > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Seq Scan on some_data (cost=0.00..634.00 rows=1 width=8) (actual > time=1.045..111.739 rows=390 loops=1) > Filter: ('[ 2010-01-01, 2010-02-01 )'::daterange @> whensit) > Total runtime: 111.780 ms > (3 rows) > > This, alas, reverts to a seq scan on the table, rather than restricting > itself to the tuples of interest.
This is quite similar to LIKE and regexp matches. The backend has a kludge to use the index in such cases. It did not seem extensible to me last time I looked, unfortunately. -- Florian Weimer <fwei...@bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers