Re: [PERFORM] BETWEEN optimizer problems with single-value range

On 3/15/06, Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> schrieb:
>
> > On 3/15/06, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> > > Attached is a simplified example of a performance problem we have seen,
> > > with a workaround and a suggestion for enhancement (hence both the
> > > performance and hackers lists).
> >
> >
> > Hi Kevin. In postgres 8.2 you will be able to use the row-wise
>
> 8.2? AFAIK, Feature freeze in juni/juli this year...
> Release august/september.

yes, but I was addressing kevin's point about enhancing the server...

> > comparison for your query which should guarantee good worst case
> > performance without having to maintain two separate query forms. it
>
> Perhaps, a bitmap index scan (since 8.1) are useful for such querys.
> Thats why i asked which version.

I think you will find that reading a range of records from a table
ordered by an index utilizing the 8.2 comparison feature is much
faster than a bitmap index scan.

Merlin