Hi! I am trying to get postgres to use my index but it just doesn't. Please Help! It follows the table definition and a series of commands I thought would ensure usage of my index.
CREATE TABLE data.question_result ( id bigserial PRIMARY KEY, trial_id bigint NOT NULL REFERENCES data.trial(id), question_id bigint REFERENCES content.question(id), <two more columns>, ); mydb=# set enable_seqscan=false; SET mydb=# create unique index bothcols on data.question_result (trial_id,question_id); CREATE INDEX mydb=# analyze verbose data.question_result; INFO: analyzing "data.question_result" INFO: "question_result": 4657 pages, 3000 rows sampled, 591439 estimated total rows ANALYZE mydb=# explain analyze select * from data.question_result where trial_id=1 and question_id=2; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seq Scan on question_result (cost=100000000.00..100013528.58 rows=1 width=30) (actual time=883.641..883.641 rows=0 loops=1) Filter: ((trial_id = 1) AND (question_id = 2)) Total runtime: 883.858 ms (3 rows) I inserted the data (not the schema) from a dump if that is of any relevance. I am running postgres 7.4.5 on gentoo linux 2.6.8. Thanks for any Help, Uli P.S.: just did CLUSTER bothcols on data.question_result, analyze, explain analyze...didn't help :-( -- Geschenkt: 3 Monate GMX ProMail + 3 Top-Spielfilme auf DVD ++ Jetzt kostenlos testen http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail ++ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match