[PERFORM] Forcing using index instead of sequential scan?

2006-07-21 Thread robin.c.smith
Title: Forcing using index instead of sequential scan? I have been testing the performance of PostgreSQL using the simple tool found at http://benchw.sourceforge.net however I have found that all the queries it run execute with sequential scans. The website where the code runs has examples of

Re: [PERFORM] Forcing using index instead of sequential scan?

2006-07-21 Thread robin.c.smith
More information from the query:- explain analyze SELECT d0.dmth, count(f.fval ) FROM dim0 AS d0, fact0 AS f WHERE d0.d0key = f.d0key AND d0.ddate BETWEEN '2010-01-01' AND '2010-12-28' GROUP BY d0.dmth ;

Re: [PERFORM] Forcing using index instead of sequential scan?

2006-07-21 Thread robin.c.smith
The tables have all been analysed. I set the work_mem to 50 and it still doesn't use the index :-( Regards Robin -Original Message- From: Richard Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 July 2006 12:54 To: Smith,R,Robin,XJE4JA C Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Forcing using index instead