Re: extract(year from date) doesn't use index but maybe could? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

On 04/19/15 19:16, Jon Dufresne wrote:
> Given the table:
>
> CREATE TABLE dates (id SERIAL, d DATE NOT NULL, t TEXT NOT NULL)
>
> With an *index* on field d. The following two queries are functionally
> equivalent:
>
> 1. SELECT * FROM dates WHERE d >= '1900-01-01'
> 2. SELECT * FROM dates WHERE EXTRACT(year from d) >= 1900'
>
> By functionally equivalent, they will return the same result set.
>
> Query 2 does not use the index, adding a performance cost. It seems
> there is an opportunity for optimization to handle these two queries
> equivalently to take advantage of the index.

Or you might try creating an expression index ...

CREATE INDEX date_year_idx ON dates((extract(year from d)));


regards

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