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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Last updated: Tue May 22 17:50:25 EDT 2001
Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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column statistics on its own, so VACUUM ANALYZE must be run to collect
them periodically.
Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY operations: a sequential
scan followed by an explicit sort is faster than an indexscan of all
tuples of a large table, because it takes fewer disk accesses.
Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY or joins: a sequential scan
followed by an explicit sort is faster than an indexscan of all tuples
of a large table, because it takes fewer disk accesses.
When using wild-card operators such as LIKE or ~, indices can only be
used if the beginning of the search is anchored to the start of the
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Tue May 22 17:50:25 EDT 2001</P>
<P>Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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periodically.</P>
<P>Indexes are usually not used for <SMALL>ORDER BY</SMALL>
operations: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is
or joins: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is
faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table, because it
takes fewer disk accesses.</P>
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