Re: Why is the full table scan not being chosen?

(retry due to overquote...)

Do you have you optimizer_mode set to first_rows by any chance? IIRC, this way optimizer will always choose index scan if that helps to avoid sorting - regardless of the cost.

2006/7/5, Stuart Clowes <stuart.clowes_at_gmail.com>:
> So, it looks to me like the FTS is cheaper, and the optimizer knows it. So
> why doesn't it choose it unless I ask it to?

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