From: "BBI Edwin Punzalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > db=# explain analyze select date from chatlogs where date>='11/23/04' and > date<'11/25/04'; > NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: > > Seq Scan on chatlogs (cost=0.00..24763.19 rows=9200 width=4) (actual > time=0.45..4268.00 rows=23787 loops=1) > Total runtime: 4282.81 msec > ============== > > How come a query on the current date filter uses an index and the others > does not? This makes indexing to speed up queries quite difficult.
have you ANALYZED the table lately ? what version postgres are you using ? gnari ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
