Re: [PERFORM] Limit clause not using index

[Yves Vindevogel]

rvponp=# explain analyze select * from tblPrintjobs order by loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime ;
QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sort (cost=345699.06..347256.49 rows=622972 width=203) (actual time=259438.952..268885.586 rows=622972 loops=1)
Sort Key: loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime
-> Seq Scan on tblprintjobs (cost=0.00..25596.72 rows=622972 width=203) (actual time=21.155..8713.810 rows=622972 loops=1)
Total runtime: 271583.422 ms
(4 rows)

On 21 Jun 2005, at 16:42, John A Meinel wrote:

Yves Vindevogel wrote:

Hi,

I have a very simple query on a big table. When I issue a "limit" and/or "offset" clause, the query is not using the index.
Can anyone explain me this ?

You didn't give enough information. What does you index look like that you are expecting it to use?
Generally, you want to have matching columns. So you would want
CREATE INDEX blah ON tblprintjobs(loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime);

Next, you should post EXPLAIN ANALYZE instead of regular explain, so we can have an idea if the planner is actually making correct estimations.

John
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rvponp=# explain select * from tblprintjobs order by loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime offset 25 limit 25 ;
QUERY PLAN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Limit (cost=349860.62..349860.68 rows=25 width=206)
-> Sort (cost=349860.56..351416.15 rows=622236 width=206)
Sort Key: loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime
-> Seq Scan on tblprintjobs (cost=0.00..25589.36 rows=622236 width=206)
(4 rows)

rvponp=# explain select * from tblprintjobs order by loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime ;
QUERY PLAN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sort (cost=349860.56..351416.15 rows=622236 width=206)
Sort Key: loginuser, desceventdate, desceventtime
-> Seq Scan on tblprintjobs (cost=0.00..25589.36 rows=622236 width=206)
(3 rows)

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