On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > Tom Lane írta: > > >Zoltan Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>$ time echo "select * from v_invoice_browse where code||inv_no = > >>'CARO200000020'" | dbaccess db > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>Is there a way to speed this operation up? > >> > >> > > > >Make an expression index on "code||inv_no", if you think this case is > >important enough to be worth maintaining an extra index for. > > > >(This is not on-topic for -hackers, IMHO. Try pgsql-perform.) > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > > > > > Thanks for both the hint and the pointer to the mailing list. > My problem is, I can't see how could I create any index on a view. > PostgreSQL refuses it: > > create index iinvbrowse1 on v_invoice_browse ((code||inv_no)); > ERROR: "v_invoice_browse" is not a table > > Creating indexes on the 12 invoice tables, like this: > > create index iinvoice1 on invoice1 (('PREFIX'||id));
Are you creating the index on (core || id) on on the string 'PREFIX' or some other literal? Gavin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org