Re: query optimiser changes 6.5->7.0

"Simon Hardingham" <simon(at)netxtra(dot)net> writes:
> I have run explain on the query and it shows that it is just
> performed a sequential scan on version 7.0

> Seq Scan on gazet (cost.....)

> On the old version (6.5.1) it reports

> Index Scan using gazet_index on gazet (cost=....

> Any suggestions as to how I can improve performance on this databases new
> server?

Unfortunately you have been careful to suppress any information that
might actually let someone give you useful advice ;-). There are
several threads in the archives about undesirable index-vs-sequential-
scan choices in 7.0; check pgsql-sql as well as pgsql-general for the
last month or so.

Also, 7.0.1, propagating now to an archive near you, contains some
fudge-factor twiddling to make it more willing to choose an indexscan.
We shall soon find out whether that made things better or worse for
typical uses...

regards, tom lane