-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/07/06 21:10, Jaime Casanova wrote: > On 6 Oct 2006 22:32:16 -0700, ck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] >> index scan, Eg >> select * from h057 where h057001 = 1142::int8 >> the above query uses index scan >> select * from h057 where h057001 = 1142 >> the above query uses sequential scan. > > that's because in 7.3 you must cast to the type of the indexed column > in order to use the indexes... > > had you never seen this? > > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match
And the default data type for a scalar constant is int4. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFKGD9S9HxQb37XmcRAk+qAJ9BdmEvE8Iug641O7XBnl/AAxiUwwCfWV3V J1hBmh26MHOcAQ+Fur6EP2U= =GOPt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
