"Karl O. Pinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a query
> select 1
> from census
> where date < '1975-9-21' and sname = 'RAD' and status != 'A'
> limit 1;
> Explain analyze says it always uses the index made by:
>CREATE INDEX census_date_sname ON census (date, sname);
> this is ev
Karl,
> Seems to me that when there's a constant value in the query
> and an = comparision it will always be faster to use the (b-tree)
> index that's ordered first by the constant value, as then all further
> blocks are guarenteed to have a higher relevant information
> density. At least when co
