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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andrus <eetasoft@online.ee>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Why date index is not used
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:20:55 -0400
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"Andrus" <eetasoft@online.ee> writes:
> Why Postgres 8.1 does not use makse_kuupaev_idx index in the following query 
> ?

Because it doesn't help --- the system still has to do the sort.
You'd need a two-column index on both of the ORDER BY columns to avoid
sorting.

			regards, tom lane



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