[GENERAL] Index not used when using expression - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dingyuan Wang
Subject [GENERAL] Index not used when using expression
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Msg-id 42dbce76-9986-f9a0-e29d-12013e1b8b8e@aosc.io
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Responses Re: [GENERAL] Index not used when using expression
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Hi,

I have a table named "gps", with an indexed column "packettime", which
has unix timestamps.

The following query:

select * from gps where packettime < extract(epoch from '2017-05-01
08:00+08'::timestamp with time zone)

explains to:

Seq Scan on gps  (cost=0.00..43411860.64 rows=384325803 width=120) Filter: ((packettime)::double precision <
date_part('epoch'::text,
'2017-05-01 08:00:00+08'::timestamp with time zone))

While this query:

select * from gps where packettime < 1493596800

explains to:

Index Scan using idx_gps_packettime on gps  (cost=0.58..2661058.92
rows=8912880 width=120) Index Cond: (packettime < 1493596800)

The above behaviour is the same whether the query is long or short.
PostgreSQL doesn't seem like to pre-compute the function value.

So how can I make it pre-compute the timestamp and use the index, or I
have to manually calculate the timestamp? Is this an intended behaviour?


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