Kyle Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But I'm assuming that using an interval-encoded project tree, I would > have to do something like the following to get a progency group:
> select * from ledger l, proj p where p.proj_id = l.proj and p.left > > 1234 and p.right < 2345; btree has no idea about the constraint (that I imagine exists) that left <= right. If you're just doing a simple index on (left, right) then the above query requires scanning all index entries with left > 1234. It would probably help to say select * from ledger l, proj p where p.proj_id = l.proj and p.left > 1234 and p.left < 2345 and p.right < 2345; so that you can constrain the range of "left" values scanned. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster