Optimizing query - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Poul Møller Hansen
Subject Optimizing query
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Msg-id 43005482.7020105@pbnet.dk
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Responses Re: Optimizing query  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
Re: Optimizing query  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
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I have a problem creating a usable index for the following simple query:
SELECT * FROM my.table WHERE node = '10' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1

id is a serial, so the query is to find the latest entry to a given node
and id is the primary key.
The table contains around 1 million records and the query takes around 2
seconds.

I have tried to make an index on node and also on both id & node, but is
doesn't lower the
query time.

What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks,
Poul


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