Re: Index use in BETWEEN statement...

"Cristian Prieto" <cristian@clickdiario.com> writes:
> mydb=# explain analyze select locid from geoip_block where
> '216.230.158.50'::inet between start_block and end_block;

> As you see it still using a sequential scan in the table and ignores the
> index, any other suggestion?

That two-column index is entirely useless for this query; in fact btree
indexes of any sort are pretty useless.  You really need some sort of
multidimensional index type like rtree or gist.  There was discussion
just a week or three ago of how to optimize searches for intervals
overlapping a specified point, which is identical to your problem.
Can't remember if the question was about timestamp intervals or plain
intervals, but try checking the list archives.

            regards, tom lane