1. run:

vacuum auth;

> real problem is with a ~6000 row database and a select * ... 
> order by query
> which takes more than 5 sec. The same query runs for less 
> than 0.1 sec on mssql
> :-((

No way you select 6000 rows in 0.1 sec with mssql, 
that would be 60000 rows/sec.
Maybe you mean the first few rows show in 0.1s, this is possible.

In PostgreSQL the order by alone currently does not use the index.
Try:
	select * from auth where uid >= 0 order by uid;

if you only have positive uid's. This should use the index.

Andreas

Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:47:55 +0200
Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at>
Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] when are indexes used?