Hello,
I have a table (stats.tickets) with 2288965 rows (51 columns) and indexes like: ind_ti_stats_numero btree (tday, tmonth, tyear, r_cat, r_numero) ind_ti_stats_service btree (tday, tmonth, tyear, r_cat, r_service) ind_ti_stats_tmp_service btree (r_service, tyear, tmonth) ind_ti_stats_tmp_service2 btree (r_service, tyear, tmonth, r_cat) Now if i do : 1°)# explain analyze SELECT tday AS n, '' AS class, a.r_cat AS cat, COUNT(*) AS cnx, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) AS p, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS np, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE r_duree END) AS tps, ROUND(AVG(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE t_duree1 END),0) AS tmc FROM stats.tickets AS a WHERE a.r_numero='99084040' AND tyear = 2007 AND tmonth = 8 GROUP BY tyear, tmonth, tday, a.r_cat; QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HashAggregate (cost=45412.96..45412.99 rows=1 width=34) (actual time=649.944..650.178 rows=50 loops=1) -> Index Scan using ind_ti_stats_numero on tickets a (cost=0.00..45385.46 rows=1222 width=34) (actual time=15.697..642.570 rows=1043 loops=1) Index Cond: ((tmonth = 8) AND (tyear = 2007) AND ((r_numero)::text = '99084040'::text)) Total runtime: 650.342 ms (4 lignes) Temps : 652,234 ms 2°) # explain analyze SELECT tday AS n, '' AS class, a.r_cat AS cat, COUNT(*) AS cnx, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) AS p, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS np, SUM(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE r_duree END) AS tps, ROUND(AVG(CASE WHEN t_duree1 < r_palier_min_con THEN 0 ELSE t_duree1 END),0) AS tmc FROM stats.tickets AS a WHERE a.r_service=95 AND tyear = 2007 AND tmonth = 8 GROUP BY tyear, tmonth, tday, a.r_cat; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HashAggregate (cost=193969.97..193970.88 rows=26 width=34) (actual time=20834.559..20834.694 rows=27 loops=1) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on tickets a (cost=3714.84..186913.32 rows=313629 width=34) (actual time=889.880..19028.315 rows=321395 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((r_service = 95) AND (tyear = 2007) AND (tmonth = 8)) -> Bitmap Index Scan on ind_ti_stats_tmp_service (cost=0.00..3714.84 rows=313629 width=0) (actual time=836.181..836.181 rows=321395 loops=1) Index Cond: ((r_service = 95) AND (tyear = 2007) AND (tmonth = 8)) Total runtime: 20835.191 ms (6 lignes) Temps : 20838,798 ms \d stats.tickets [...] r_numero | character varying(17) | not null r_service | integer | not null default 0 [...] stats.tickets has 173351 relpages , 2.30996e+06 reltuples. Why in the first case, pgsql uses the "better" index and if i search r_service instead of r_numero pgsql does a "Bitmap Heap scan" first ? There ara too much rows in this table ? PS: sorry for my english, i'm french. -- Paul.