Re: [GENERAL] select * from table where oid = number;

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: taral@mail.utexas.edu (Taral)
Cc: pgsql-general@hub.org
Date: 1998-10-08T21:40:53Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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> Is there a reason why this occurs?
> 
> table=> explain select * from data where oid = 18522;
> NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:
> 
> Seq Scan on data  (cost=0.00 size=0 width=120)
> 
> EXPLAIN
> 
> I would have expected an index scan or something.

See FAQ.  oid's are not automatically indexed.

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