Re: [GENERAL] indexed column not working as fast as expected

2004-08-17 Thread Glen Parker
Did you do an explain? I'd guess the index isn't being used because of skewed statistics. > i have a btree index on col1 in table1. The column has either values > 1,2,3, or 4. 4 does not appear that much in the table (only 5 times). > there are about 20 million rows in the table. when i do a "

[GENERAL] indexed column not working as fast as expected

2004-08-17 Thread Amir Zicherman
hi, i have a btree index on col1 in table1. The column has either values 1,2,3, or 4. 4 does not appear that much in the table (only 5 times). there are about 20 million rows in the table. when i do a "select * from table1 where col1=4" it takes very long time to get back to me (around 4 minute