"Kevin McArthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>          ->  Seq Scan on models_brands  (cost=0.00..6411.89 rows=369489 
> width=4) (actual time=0.040..1352.997 rows=369489 loops=1)
> ...
>    ->  Index Scan using models_brands_brand on models_brands  
> (cost=0.00..862236.96 rows=369489 width=4) (actual time=0.122..1440.809 
> rows=369489 loops=1)

> Picks the wrong plan here. Should pick the index with seqscanning enabled.

It's really not possible for a full-table indexscan to be faster than a
seqscan, and not very credible for it even to be approximately as fast.
I suspect your second query here is the beneficiary of the first query
having fetched all the pages into cache.  In general, if you want to
optimize for a mostly-cached database, you need to reduce
random_page_cost below its default value ...

                        regards, tom lane

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