Hi all.
I have a setup like this:
CREATE TABLE T_FIELDS (
TABL_ID TEXT NOT NULL,
COLU_ID TEXT NOT NULL,
FIEL_ID TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
UNIQUE( TABL_ID,COLU_ID ) ); -- < 200 ROWS
CREATE TABLE T_DATA (
ITEM_ID INT8 NOT NULL,
FIEL_ID TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES T_FIELDS,
DATA_T TEXT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY( FIEL_ID,ITEM_ID ) ); -- > 10M ROWS
When I run
SELECT * FROM T_DATA WHERE FIEL_ID='TABL.FIEL';
it's very fast (of course!). But when I run:
SELECT * FROM T_DATA NATURAL JOIN T_FIELDS WHERE TABL_ID='TABL';
it's very slow.
The EXPLAIN says that in the second case it has to do a sequential
scan on T_DATA. And this explains the timing.
Is there a way to avoid such a behaviour by acting on indexes?
Thanks.