Any can anyone explain me why in a query of a  boolean feild "is ture" does not 
indexes where as = 't' does?
is "is true" not a more standard SQL than " = 't' ".

Also is there any working implementation of BITMAP INDEXES in postgresql as found in 
ORACLE? 

regds
mallah.


tradein_clients=> explain analyze select c.email,date(a.generated),c.expired from 
eyp_rfi a join users b on (a.receiver_uid = b.userid) 
join grace_mytradeindia c on (b.email = c.email) where generated_date = '2002-08-17' 
and c.expired is true;
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Hash Join  (cost=1948.01..2214.60 rows=14 width=67) (actual time=9.32..40.03 rows=12 
loops=1)
  ->  Seq Scan on grace_mytradeindia c  (cost=0.00..246.17 rows=4051 width=26) (actual 
time=0.65..27.76 rows=5372 loops=1)
  ->  Hash  (cost=1947.46..1947.46 rows=218 width=41) (actual time=2.66..2.66 rows=0 
loops=1)
        ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..1947.46 rows=218 width=41) (actual 
time=0.16..2.57 rows=31 loops=1)
              ->  Index Scan using eyp_rfi_date on eyp_rfi a  (cost=0.00..677.81 
rows=218 width=12) (actual time=0.09..0.57 rows=50 loops=1)
              ->  Index Scan using users_pkey on users b  (cost=0.00..5.80 rows=1 
width=29) (actual time=0.03..0.03 rows=1 loops=50)
Total runtime: 40.26 msec

EXPLAIN
tradein_clients=> explain analyze select c.email,date(a.generated),c.expired from 
eyp_rfi a join users b on (a.receiver_uid = b.userid) 
join grace_mytradeindia c on (b.email = c.email) where generated_date = '2002-08-17' 
and c.expired = 't';

NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Hash Join  (cost=1948.01..2144.70 rows=14 width=67) (actual time=6.26..49.92 rows=12 
loops=1)
  ->  Index Scan using grace_mytradeindia_exp on grace_mytradeindia c  
(cost=0.00..176.27 rows=4051 width=26) (actual time=0.03..37.53 rows=5372 loops=1)
  ->  Hash  (cost=1947.46..1947.46 rows=218 width=41) (actual time=2.15..2.15 rows=0 
loops=1)
        ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..1947.46 rows=218 width=41) (actual 
time=0.15..2.06 rows=31 loops=1)
              ->  Index Scan using eyp_rfi_date on eyp_rfi a  (cost=0.00..677.81 
rows=218 width=12) (actual time=0.09..0.48 rows=50 loops=1)
              ->  Index Scan using users_pkey on users b  (cost=0.00..5.80 rows=1 
width=29) (actual time=0.02..0.03 rows=1 loops=50)
Total runtime: 50.16 msec

EXPLAIN
tradein_clients=>


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Infocom Network Limited, New Delhi
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