Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 15:56 -0500, Mason Hale wrote:
>> SELECT *
>> FROM topic_feed
>> WHERE topic_id = 106947234
>> ORDER BY score DESC
>> LIMIT 25
> In plan 1, the planner thinks that it will find 25 tuples matching that
> topic_id quickly during the backwards index scan on
> topic_feed_score_index. Instead, it looks like it has to go through a
> lot of tuples before it finds the necessary 25.
Yeah. An index on (topic_id, score) would perhaps be helpful.
regards, tom lane
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