Seth Ladd <seth@picklematrix.net> writes:
> My Table Columns (all bigints): start, stop, step1, step2, step3
^^^^^^^^^^^
> The Query: explain analyze select * from path where start = 653873 or
> start = 649967 or stop = 653873 or stop = 649967
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get that query to use an index?
Coerce the constants to bigint, for starters. However, a query that is
selecting almost 10% of the table, as your example is, probably
*shouldn't* be using an index.
regards, tom lane