On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:12:27 -0400, Madison Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indexes: > "file_info_7_display_idx" btree (file_type, file_parent_dir, file_name)
> Here is my full query: > > tle-bu=> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT file_name, file_parent_dir, file_type > FROM file_info_7 WHERE file_type='d' ORDER BY file_parent_dir ASC, > file_name ASC; > QUERY PLAN > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a case where postgres's planner can't make a deduction needed for it to realize that the index can be used. Try rewriting the query as: SELECT file_name, file_parent_dir, file_type FROM file_info_7 WHERE file_type='d' ORDER BY file_type ASC, file_parent_dir ASC, file_name ASC; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly