Le 16/03/2010 15:37, Tom Lane a écrit :
> Arnaud Lesauvage<arnaud.listes@codata.eu> writes:
>> First query :
>> "Merge Join (cost=699826.38..704333.80 rows=13548 width=836)"
>> " Merge Cond: (((c.rue)::text = (r.rue)::text) AND ((c.codesite)::text
>> = (r.codesite)::text))"
>
>> Second query :
>> "Seq Scan on cellules c (cost=0.00..5018080.39 rows=552343 width=823)"
>
> Please notice that the planner thinks the second plan is much more
> expensive than the first. I think you will find that it's right.
> Using an index is not always the best way to do a query.
Yes indeed, I should have read the output of explain more thoroughly I
guess !
I am still a bit intrigued by the different query plans. Both query look
very similar to me, so why does the planner make so different choices ?
Regards,
Arnaud
