On 30/11/10 05:53, Pierre C wrote:
Yes, since (sample_id, drone_id) is primary key, postgres created
composite index on those columns. Are you suggesting I add two more
indexes, one for drone_id and one for sample_id?
(sample_id,drone_id) covers sample_id but if you make searches on
drone_id alone it is likely to be very slow since you got a large
number of sample_ids. Postgres can use any column of a multicolumn
index but it is only interesting performance-wise if the cardinality
of the first (ignored) columns is low. If you often make searches on
drone_id, create an index. But this isn't what is slowing your foreign
key checks.
Exactly, sorry - I was having a brain fade moment about which way your
foreign key checks were going when I suggested adding those indexes... :-(
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