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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Wed May 30 19:00:33 EDT 2001</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> |
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periodically.</P> |
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<P>Indexes are usually not used for <SMALL>ORDER BY</SMALL> |
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or joins: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is |
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faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table, because it |
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takes fewer disk accesses.</P> |
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or joins. A sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is |
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faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table. This |
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is because random disk access is very slow.</P> |
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<P>When using wild-card operators such as <SMALL>LIKE</SMALL> or |
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<I>~,</I> indices can only be used if the beginning of the search |
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