Re: is it normal behavior of index?

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 12:52:04 +0100
Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@spamfence.net> wrote:

> > Simple test table w/ a varchar(32): if I create an index with
> > 'varchar_pattern_ops' explain says it is NOT used in my query;
> > if I create it without it is used (?!)
>
> Please show more details and/or an example. I have one for you:
>
> test=# create table words ( w text);
> CREATE TABLE
> Time: 5,829 ms
> test=*# copy words from '/usr/share/dict/ngerman';
> COPY 320577
> Time: 458,902 ms
> test=*# create index idx_words on words (w varchar_pattern_ops);
> CREATE INDEX
> Time: 1270,534 ms
> test=*# explain select * from words where w = 'foo';
>                                  QUERY PLAN
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Bitmap Heap Scan on words  (cost=36.72..1781.30 rows=1603 width=32)
>    Recheck Cond: (w = 'foo'::text)
>    ->  Bitmap Index Scan on idx_words  (cost=0.00..36.32 rows=1603 width=0)
>          Index Cond: (w = 'foo'::text)
> (4 rows)
>
> Time: 0,467 ms
>
>
>
> As you can see, there is an index WITH varchar_pattern_ops, and the
> index used for the query.

Yep, I HAD this behavior with my prior test version (nothing has
changed: I just droped/recreated it) but not anymore:

                                             Table "public.tst1m"
 Column |         Type          |                     Modifiers                      | Storage  | Description
--------+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------+-------------
 id     | integer               | not null default nextval('tst1m_id_seq'::regclass) | plain    |
 name   | character varying(32) | not null                                           | extended |
 note   | character varying(64) | not null                                           | extended |
Indexes:
    "tst1m_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
    "tst1m_name_ix" UNIQUE, btree (name)
    "tst1m_name_lmetaphone_ix" btree (lower(metaphone(name::text, 16)) varchar_pattern_ops)
    "tst1m_name_lu_ix" btree (lower(jyunaccent(name)::text) text_pattern_ops)
    "tst1m_note_ix" btree (note varchar_pattern_ops)
    "tst1m_note_lu_ix" btree (note)
Has OIDs: no

CREATE INDEX tst1m_name_regular_ix ON tst1m(name varchar_pattern_ops);

EXPLAIN  SELECT * FROM tst1m ORDER BY name;
                             QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sort  (cost=25402.82..25652.82 rows=100000 width=138)
   Sort Key: name
   ->  Seq Scan on tst1m  (cost=0.00..3084.00 rows=100000 width=138)
(3 rows)

JY
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