Reiner Dassing <dassing@wettzell.ifag.de> writes:
> I would like to mention first, that I will use the [SQL] list for my
> answers,
> regarding the notice of Josh Berkus.
>
> Q: "did you use VACUUM ANALYZE"?
> A: This table was a test bed, just using INSERTS without ANY deletes or
> updates
You still need to run VACUUM ANALYZE. The ANALYZE part measures the
statistics of your data, which the planner needs in order to make
decision.
> Am afraid, that the real answer is not mentioned:
> Why is the index used in the SELECT:
> select * from wetter order by epoche desc;
>
>
> select * from wetter where epoche between '1970-01-01' and '1980-01-01'
> order by epoche asc;
If you EXPLAIN output for these queries, someone can probably help
you.
-Doug
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