Re: How to force PostgreSQL using an index

> "Owen Jacobson" <ojacobson@osl.com> writes:
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 04:58:54PM -0500, Daniel Caune wrote:
> >> I see, but that doesn't explain whether it is possible to specify
the
> >> index to use.  It seems that those options just force PostgreSQL
using
> >> another plan.
>
> > Drop the simple index and re-create it when you're done?
>
> BTW, the cute way to do that is
>
>     BEGIN;
>     DROP INDEX unwanted;
>     EXPLAIN ANALYZE whatever...;
>     ROLLBACK;
>
> No need to actually rebuild the index when you are done.
>
> This does hold an exclusive lock on the table for the duration of your
> experiment, so maybe not such a good idea in a live environment ...
but
> then again, dropping useful indexes in a live environment isn't a good
> idea either, and this at least reduces the duration of the experiment
by
> a good deal.
>

Thanks, that's great!