PG does not use my index

Hi!
This post is related to the post "Performance of views" but this is another problem now.

Problem: PostgreSQL seems to not use my index.

My postgres is 7.4.

I started all over again and got my query really fast on one database (~40 seconds became 150 ms). BUT when trying on another db (same postgres server but with approx. 4 times as much data) it was really slow again (say 10 seconds).

Then I run the EXPLAIN ANALYSE of a sub-query of my query which I realize was the problem.

It seems that it does not make use of the index in the slower database!?

fast db:
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-> Index Scan using testcase_b_bid_index on testcase (cost=0.00..1656.82 rows=426 width=38) (never executed)"
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slow db:
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-> Seq Scan on testcase (cost=0.00..2896.42 rows=33242 width=64) (actual time=77.027..791.014 rows=37093 loops=1)"
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rows=37093 is all of the existing rows of table testcase!
(why does it say "never executed"?)

Any ideas why it does not use my index??? How can I convince it to do so?

/Rickard

Citerar Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:

> Rickard =?iso-8859-1?b?U2r2c3Ry9m0=?=
> <rickard(dot)sjostrom(at)bluebottle(dot)com> writes:
> > I have a view that is really slow and I ca easily work around the
> slowness by bypassing the view and query the real table directly.
>
> Let's see the exact definition of the view and EXPLAIN ANALYZE
> results
> for doing it both ways. Also, what PG version is this?
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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