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Re: simple case using index on windows but not on linux


  • From: "simon godden" <sgodden(at)gmail(dot)com>
  • To: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: simple case using index on windows but not on linux
  • Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:19:01 +0100
  • Message-id: <168519350610040219n648a282hf159ff272e0f672a(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>

(Sending again because I forgot to reply to all)

On 10/4/06, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
You can increase the max shared memory size if you have root access. See

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC-PARAMETERS

Scroll down for Linux-specific instructions.

Thanks for the link.

Are you saying that the shared memory size is the issue here?  Please
can you explain how it would cause a seq scan rather than an index
scan.

I would like to understand the issue before making changes.

--
Simon Godden



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