On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 T.R.Missner@Level3.com wrote:
> Here is a slimmed down example of my table
>
> table sipmsg(
>
> time long,
> callid varchar(256)
>
> )
>
> the query simply asks for all callids between 2 times.
> I have an index on the time column but it doesn't get used.
> Is there a better way for me to be doing this?
> Seems so simple.
>
> more info:
> the table now has over 200k rows or which the average query will return a
> couple of hundred rows.
> running on solaris 8 at 433mhz ( i think ) with 1 gig of memory
Did you made a vacuum analyze?
Do you have a index defined for that column?
Eventually a 'set enable_seqscan = off;' will help you.
Best regards
Herbie
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