Hi,
I am using postgresql 8.1 (CentOS5). I have the following table:
system # \d history
Table "public.history"
Column | Type | Modifiers
----------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------------
id | integer | not null default
nextval('history_id_seq'::regclass)
created | timestamp with time zone |
creator | integer | not null default 1
contact | integer | not null default 1
type | character varying | not null default ''::character varying
lookup | text |
lookupid | integer | not null default 1
value | text |
Indexes:
"history_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
"history_created_index" btree (created)
"history_creator_index" btree (creator)
"history_lookup_lookupid_creator_index" btree (lookup, lookupid, creator)
"history_lookup_lookupid_index" btree (lookup, lookupid)
Foreign-key constraints:
"history_contact_constraint" FOREIGN KEY (contact) REFERENCES contact(id)
"history_creator_constraint" FOREIGN KEY (creator) REFERENCES contact(id)
system # explain select history.id, history.created, creator, contact,
history.type, lookup, lookupid, value from history where (lookup = 'phone' and
lookupid = '672') or creator = '790' order by history.creator desc limit 1000;
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Limit (cost=0.00..132041.59 rows=1000 width=58)
-> Index Scan Backward using history_creator_index on history
(cost=0.00..11746815.97 rows=88963 width=58)
Filter: (((lookup = 'phone'::text) AND (lookupid = 672)) OR (creator =
790))
(3 rows)
This table contains 2 million rows, the query takes 800 seconds on SSD HD.
I think - probably naive - the query should use the
history_lookup_lookupid_creator_index.
Why doesn't it, and how can I speed up the query?
Thanks,
Antonio.
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