Re: PLEASE GOD HELP US!

From: William Yu <wyu(at)talisys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PLEASE GOD HELP US!
Date: 2004-10-02 02:15:42
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William Yu wrote:

> There are cases where seqscan will be faster than indexscans. For
> example, your query to retrieve the latest 25 threads -- always faster
> using seqscan. If it was using indexscan, that would explain the 9
> seconds to run because the HD heads would have to jump back & forth from

Oops, I didn't write down my thoughts clearly. I meant to say --
DEPENDING ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VALUES -- the query might be faster
using seqscan.

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