Markus Grill (mg@schwarz.de) reports a bug with a severity of 2
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Short Description
creating indices after data insertion
Long Description
Hello,
in my opinion there is a big bug with indexes.
I used Postgresql 7.1.3 and 7.2.1
First I create two tables t_a and t_b with the fields t_a.id, t_a.bid and t_b.id where t_a.bid is a foreign key for
t_b.id.
Then I insert many data records in the two tables.
After that I create one index i1 on t_a.id, one index i2 on t_a.bid and one index i3 on t_b.id.
When I select over just one of the two tables (EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t_a WHERE t_a.id = 'XXX';) then the query plan
(andthe query) uses index scans.
But when I select over the two tables with a join (EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t_a, t_b WHERE t_aid = 'XXX' AND t_a_bid =
t_b_id;)then the query plan uses slow seq scans (That's not OK)!
We tried another thing:
First creating the tables,
then creating the indexes
and then inserting the data records:
In this case the query uses index scans (that's OK)!
We tried a third thing:
Creating the tables, creating the indexes, inserting the data records:
---> index scans (OK).
Then dropping the indexes and creating three new indexes:
---> seq scans (not OK).
Please do not say, I should create my indexes first, because this IS a bug.
That's a big problem when inserting many data records, because it's much faster to drop the index first, then inserting
thedata and then creating new indexes.
Please help! :-)
Sample Code
My real life examle:
The first example is the bug the second is the running one:
testrpr=# EXPLAIN SELECT * from inf_information, auct_sys_infogruppe where inf_alias = 'asdfasdf' and infgrp_id =
auct_sys_infogruppe.inf_id;
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
Hash Join (cost=5.95..8.86 rows=1 width=1070)
-> Seq Scan on auct_sys_infogruppe (cost=0.00..2.61 rows=61 width=555)
-> Hash (cost=5.94..5.94 rows=1 width=515)
-> Index Scan using xak1inf_information on inf_information (cost=0.00..5.94 rows=1 width=515)
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
Hash Join (cost=5.95..8.86 rows=1 width=1070)
-> Seq Scan on auct_sys_infogruppe (cost=0.00..2.61 rows=61 width=555)
-> Hash (cost=5.94..5.94 rows=1 width=515)
-> Index Scan using xak1inf_information on inf_information (cost=0.00..5.94 rows=1 width=515)
EXPLAIN
------------------------------------------
testrpr=# EXPLAIN SELECT * from inf_information, auct_sys_infogruppe where inf_alias = 'asdfasdf' and infgrp_id =
auct_sys_infogruppe.inf_id;
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
Nested Loop (cost=0.00..9.66 rows=1 width=1070)
-> Index Scan using xak1inf_information on inf_information (cost=0.00..4.82 rows=1 width=515)
-> Index Scan using xpkauct_sys_infogruppe on auct_sys_infogruppe (cost=0.00..4.82 rows=1 width=555)
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
Nested Loop (cost=0.00..9.66 rows=1 width=1070)
-> Index Scan using xak1inf_information on inf_information (cost=0.00..4.82 rows=1 width=515)
-> Index Scan using xpkauct_sys_infogruppe on auct_sys_infogruppe (cost=0.00..4.82 rows=1 width=555)
EXPLAIN
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