David McWherter <udmcwher(at)mcs(dot)drexel(dot)edu> writes:
> But I still get the issue that my queries don't seem to trigger the
> GiST indexes to be used. Perhaps the problem is that the system
> just thinks that the query doesn't need an index to increase
> performance, i've only got about a dozen elements in the database
> right now for testing purposes.
Ah, so. You're right, you need more data.
You could try
SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF
if you just want to force use of the index for testing purposes.
regards, tom lane