Re: select ... where <column>='' does a seqscan [auf Viren

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Silvio Matthes <silvio(dot)matthes(at)xcom(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: select ... where <column>='' does a seqscan [auf Viren
Date: 2004-08-24 16:52:56
Message-ID: 5046.1093366376@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Silvio Matthes <silvio(dot)matthes(at)xcom(dot)de> writes:
> But in my opinion with the multicolumn index in mind the server should do
> a index scan, because there are only 7 rows with param_name='KUNDEN_NR'
> and param_value=''?!?

We do not have any cross-column statistics at the moment, so the planner
is unable to recognize the potential win here. Note the poor estimate
of the number of matching rows in your EXPLAIN result.

I think though that it might help to put param_name first in the
multicolumn index.

regards, tom lane

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