Tom Lane wrote:<br /><blockquote cite="mid22262.1014823120@sss.pgh.pa.us" type="cite"><pre wrap="">Jean-Paul ARGUDO <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"href="mailto:jean-paul.argudo@idealx.com"><jean-paul.argudo@idealx.com></a>
writes:<br/></pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">EXPLAIN SELECT t12_bskid, t12_pnb, t12_lne, t12_tck<br />FROM
T12_20011231<br/>WHERE t12_bskid >= 1 <br />ORDER BY t12_bskid, t12_pnb, t12_tck, t12_lne;<br
/></pre></blockquote><prewrap=""><br /></pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">Sort (cost=3006.13..3006.13
rows=25693width=46)<br /> -> Seq Scan on t12_20011231 (cost=0.00..1124.20 rows=25693 width=46)<br
/></pre></blockquote><prewrap=""></pre></blockquote> Try the following:<br /><br /> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT t12_bskid,
t12_pnb,t12_lne, t12_tck FROM T12_20011231 WHERE t12_bskid >= 1 ORDER BY t12_bskid, t12_pnb, t12_tck, t12_lne;<br
/><prewrap=""></pre> and see what the actual results are. Then turn the seq_scans off and do the same thing.<br
/><blockquotecite="mid22262.1014823120@sss.pgh.pa.us" type="cite"><pre wrap=""><br /></pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre
wrap="">=>Uh? Seq scan cheaper than index??? <br /></pre></blockquote><pre wrap=""><br />For that kind of query,
veryprobably. How much of the table is<br />actually selected by "WHERE t12_bskid >= 1"?<br /><br />
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