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Re: [HACKERS] select like...not using index


  • From: pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com
  • To: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "PgSql-Win32" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: [HACKERS] select like...not using index
  • Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:12:18 -0400 (EDT)
  • Message-id: <16806(dot)24(dot)91(dot)171(dot)78(dot)1085785938(dot)squirrel(at)mail(dot)mohawksoft(dot)com>

> Sometime between yesterday and today queries in the form of
> "select * from t where t.f like 'k%'" have been broken so that they
> never use the index (on win32, not sure about others).
>
> On win32, at least, they have been broken for a while but this was due
> to a known issue based on the locales.  AFAICT, the current cvs has
> addressed this issue and (show lc_collate returns C) there seems to be
> no reason why the queries aren't working properly.
>
> Merlin

Did you do an ANALYZE on the table?
Are there a lot of duplicate keys?
How big is the table?
What does the "explain" look like?



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