Re: [GENERAL] select query not using index

2006-12-03 Thread vivek
Yes , that was the case indeed. I disabled seq scan and it used the index. And the cost was higher than seq scan. Thanks a lot for all your replies. With warm regards. Vivek J. Joshi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trikon Electronics Pvt. Ltd. All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Re: [GENERAL] select query not using index

2006-12-02 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On 12/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The index was created before the table was populated. There are 3 rows in the table for 3 different users. Now when I do a postgresql will not use index scan for table with 3 rows in it. it is way faster to use seq scan on it. depesz

Re: [GENERAL] select query not using index

2006-12-02 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Sat, dem 02.12.2006, um 16:35:47 +0530 mailte [EMAIL PROTECTED] folgendes: > > The index was created before the table was populated. There are 3 rows > in the table for 3 different users. Now when I do a In this case, with only 3 rows, it is much cheaper to do a seq-scan instead a index-scan

Re: [GENERAL] select query not using index

2006-12-02 Thread Gregory S. Williamson
nt: Sat 12/2/2006 3:05 AM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Cc: Subject: [GENERAL] select query not using index Dear Friends, I have a table as \d userpref; Table "public.userpref" Column| Typ

[GENERAL] select query not using index

2006-12-02 Thread vivek
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