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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY or joins: a sequential scan
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Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY or joins. A sequential scan
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of a large table. This is because random disk access is very slow.
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When using wild-card operators such as LIKE or ~, indices can only be
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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<P>Indexes are usually not used for <SMALL>ORDER BY</SMALL>
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or joins: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is
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or joins. A sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is
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faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table. This
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<P>When using wild-card operators such as <SMALL>LIKE</SMALL> or
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<I>~,</I> indices can only be used if the beginning of the search

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