Re: Query that does not use indexes - Mailing list pgsql-general

On þri, 2007-03-27 at 12:54 +0200, Denis Gasparin wrote:
> I have a query that performs a multiple join between four tables and
> that doesn't use the defined indexes.

> If I set enable_seqscan to off, the query obviously uses the indexes and
> it is considerable faster than normal planned execution with
> enable_seqscan=true.


a few things you might try:
fiddle with random_page_cost
make sure effective_cache_size is set to a realistic value
increase statistics target on critical columns, like
  ORDER.ORDER_DATE and join columns
 (and re-analyze)

possibly get change the cast in your where clause:
  ORDER.ORDER_DATE::date between '2007-03-01' and '2007-03-27'
to
  ORDER.ORDER_DATE between '2007-03-01'::timestamp
                   and '2007-03-27'::timestamp


gnari