Re: GiST indexing problems... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: GiST indexing problems...
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Msg-id 5688.989076385@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: GiST indexing problems...  (David McWherter <udmcwher@mcs.drexel.edu>)
Responses Re: GiST indexing problems...  (David McWherter <udmcwher@mcs.drexel.edu>)
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David McWherter <udmcwher@mcs.drexel.edu> writes:
> But I still get the issue that my queries don't seem to trigger the
> GiST indexes to be used.  Perhaps the problem is that the system
> just thinks that the query doesn't need an index to increase 
> performance, i've only got about a dozen elements in the database
> right now for testing purposes.

Ah, so.  You're right, you need more data.

You could trySET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF
if you just want to force use of the index for testing purposes.
        regards, tom lane


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