Re: Optimizer bug??

Ismail Kizir wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> 1 .... EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM articletbl WHERE
>       ((mydate BETWEEN '2004-04-24' AND '2004-05-24' )
> )
> 
> 2 .... EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM articletbl WHERE
>       ((mydate = '2004-04-24')
> )
> 
> (I ran VACUUM ANALYZE before running those)
> 
> mydate is an indexed date column.
> The optimizer optimizes the second query but, it doesn't optimize the first
> one and decides to make a "sequential scan".
> Is this a bug?
> Or may someone explain me the reason?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ismail Kizir


If 2004-04-24 to 2004-05-24 make up let's say 90% of your data 
PostgreSQL will find out that it is cheaper to use a seq scan instead of 
an index.

This is not a bug at all - this is normal and desired behaviour ...
Regards,
    Hans


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