[postgis-users] Geospatial index is not used

[Sandro Santilli]

Add a spatial index on service_area too, then run ANALYZE.

Use EXPLAIN ANALYZE <your_query> next time, if needed.

--strk;

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:30:57PM +0200, Daniel, de la Cuesta Navarrete wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a table with a geometry column and around 3000 rows.
> 
> The table has a geospatial index in the geometry column (service_area):
> 
> CREATE INDEX regions_index ON regions USING GIST ( service_area );
> 
> I am doing the following query:
> 
> SELECT "regions".* FROM "regions" WHERE (regions.service_area &&
> ST_GeographyFromText('SRID=4326;POINT(7.04756999999995 51.17042)')) ORDER
> BY admin_area_level DESC, fare_quality DESC, is_operation_region DESC LIMIT
> 1
> 
> It is taking around 8-9 seconds to perform this query but the problem is
> that it is not taking the geospatial index, if a do EXPLAIN of the query I
> get:
> 
> 
> Limit  (cost=138.23..138.24 rows=1 width=130769)
>   ->  Sort  (cost=138.23..138.24 rows=1 width=130769)
> 
>         Sort Key: admin_area_level, fare_quality, is_operation_region
>         ->  Seq Scan on regions  (cost=0.00..138.22 rows=1 width=130769)
> 
>               Filter: ((service_area)::geography &&
> '0101000020E6100000FF14A930B6301C40CB4A9352D0954940'::geography)
> 
> Is it possible to improve the performance of this query? Why is not taking
> the geospatial index?
> 
> 
> PostgreSQL 9.1.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu
> 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1) 4.4.3, 32-bit POSTGIS=\"1.5.3\" GEOS=\"3.3.1-CAPI-1.7.1\"
> PROJ=\"Rel. 4.7.1, 23 September 2009\" LIBXML=\"2.7.6\" USE_STATS"
> 
> Best
> D