Tyler Durden wrote:
Hi,
I'm having some problems in performance in a simple select count(id)
from.... I have 700 000 records in one table, and when I do:

# explain select (id) from table_name;
-[ RECORD 1 ]---------------------------------------------------------------- QUERY PLAN | Seq Scan on table_name (cost=0.00..8601.30 rows=266730 width=4)

I had created an index for id(btree), but still shows "Seq Scan".
What I'm doing wrong?

Nothing. You have to scan the table because you aren't giving postgresql anything to use the index by.

Joshua D. Drake


Thanks,
Tyler

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