| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "P Buder" <pb2(at)aracnet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #1122: limit 1 doing a sequential scan |
| Date: | 2004-04-02 20:36:36 |
| Message-ID: | 4573.1080938196@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> When I do a select * from table limit 1
> Postgresql does a sequential scan on the whole table.
AFAICS you simply are misreading the EXPLAIN output.
(It also sounds like you haven't vacuumed or analyzed that table in a
mighty long time... if you're having performance problems that is
probably the reason...)
regards, tom lane
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