Thank you for your answer.
Now i ve to find how to reduce the size of the table.
Paul.
Le mardi 28 août 2007 à 12:55 -0400, Tom Lane a écrit :
> Paul <paul@wayr.org> writes:
> > Why in the first case, pgsql uses the "better" index and if i search
> > r_service instead of r_numero pgsql does a "Bitmap Heap scan" first ?
>
> Given the difference in the number of rows to be fetched, both plan
> choices look pretty reasonable to me. If you want to experiment,
> you can try forcing the other choice in each case (use enable_indexscan
> and enable_bitmapscan) and see how fast it is, but I suspect the planner
> got it right.
>
> Beware of cache effects when trying two plans in quick succession ---
> the second one might go faster just because all the data is already
> swapped in.
>
> regards, tom lane
>