On Tuesday 05 May 2009 16:35:11 Tom Lane wrote:
> Marc Cousin <mcousin(at)sigma(dot)fr> writes:
> > [ can't cancel this query ]
> >
> > Index Scan using file_jpfid_idx on file (cost=0.00..7327212.07
> > rows=2128 width=104)
> > Index Cond: (pathid = 120)
> >
> > "file_jpfid_idx" btree (jobid, pathid, filenameid)
>
> Hmm ... is it likely that index entries with pathid = 120 are *very* few
> and far between in jobid order? It looks like we have no
> CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS calls inside the loop in _bt_next(), which is
> probably a mistake ...
>
> regards, tom lane
They are very few and far between...
In fact. there are none, as I had just removed them and I wasn't sure of it,
so I was double-checking before telling my colleagues it was OK :)