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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Giorgio Valoti <giorgio_v@mac.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Query Plan choice with timestamps
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:35:55 +0100
Message-ID: <489AB3EB.8040903@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <321506D5-4400-470C-909E-C7700D49A540@mac.com>
References: <321506D5-4400-470C-909E-C7700D49A540@mac.com>

Giorgio Valoti wrote:
> Hi, I have a timestamptz field that I want to use with a query, but I 
> don’t need the full timestamp resolution, so I’ve created a 
> day_trunc(timestamptz) immutable function which I’ll use with the query 
> and with a new index:
> 
> logs=> create index test_idx on blackbox (day_trunc(ts));
> 
> However, the query plan doesn’t use the index:

Does it use it ever? e.g. with
   SELECT * FROM blackbox WHERE day_trunk(ts) = '...'

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd



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