On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 13:30:15 +0100, Karl Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This depends on the version of Oracle you're using. Oracle 9i > introduced Index Skip Scans: > > http://www.oracle.com/technology//products/oracle9i/daily/apr22.html > > I don't know whether pg has something similar?
Postgres doesn't currently do this. There was some discussion about this not too long ago, but I don't think anyone indicated that they were going to work on it for 8.1. Postgres can use the leading part of a multikey index to start a scan, but it will just do a normal index scan with a filter. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html