Thread: INDEX problem

INDEX problem

From
"Vladimir S. Tikhonjuk"
Date:
Hi all!

I have such table:

CREATE TABLE object ( id   SERIAL, object_type_id   int8
);

This table has 4 000 000 rows.

There are 2 index:   CREATE INDEX object_id_idx ON object(id);   CREATE INDEX object_object_type_id_idx ON
object(object_type_id);

So:
# EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM object WHERE id = 1::int8;Index Scan using object_id_idx on object  (cost=0.00..92323.66 
rows=23650 width=29)Index Cond: (id = 1::bigint)

Here everything is O.K.

# EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM object WHERE object_type_id = 1::int8;Index Scan using object_object_type_id_idx on object  
(cost=0.00..92323.66 rows=23650 width=29)Index Cond: (object_type_id = 1::bigint)

Here everything is O.K. too... but!

# EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM object WHERE object_type_id IN (1::int8, 21::int8);Seq Scan on object  (cost=0.00..105730.00
rows=47182width=29)Filter: ((object_type_id = 1::bigint) OR (object_type_id = 21::bigint))
 

The same results after:
# EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM object WHERE object_type_id = 1::int8 OR 
object_type_id = 21::int8;

Why Postgres didn't use index here ???


# EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM object WHERE object_type_id IN (1::int8, 
21::int8);Seq Scan on object  (cost=0.00..105730.00 rows=47182 width=29) (actual 
time=20744.910..20744.910 rows=0 loops=1)  Filter: ((object_type_id = 1::bigint) OR (object_type_id = 21::bigint))Total
runtime:20745.022 ms
 

Best regards,
Vladimir S. Tikhonjuk