Re: Slow UPADTE, compared to INSERT

I have played around with explain and explain analyze and noticed one
interesting oddity:

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explain UPDATE table1 SET status = 'SKIP' WHERE recid = 196641;

 Seq Scan on table1 (cost=0.00..16709.97 rows=1 width=199)
 Filter: (recid = 196641)

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explain UPDATE table1 SET status = 'SKIP' WHERE recid = '196641';

 Index Scan using table1_pkey on table1 (cost=0.00..6.01 rows=1 width=199)
 Index Cond: (recid = 196641::bigint)

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explain UPDATE table1 SET status = 'SKIP' WHERE recid = 196641::bigint;

 Index Scan using table1_pkey on table1 (cost=0.00..6.01 rows=1 width=199)
 Index Cond: (recid = 196641::bigint)

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Why first example, where recid is given as numeric constant, is using
sequential scan, but second example, where recid is given as string
constant works with index scan, as expected? Third example shows, that
numeric constant must be typecasted in order to function properly.

Is this normal behaviour of fields with bigint type?

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Ivar Zarans