greater than vs between in where clause

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#1Yambu
hyambu@gmail.com

May i know if there is a difference in speed between 1 ,2 and 3 below , if
column start_date is indexed

1. select * from table_1 where start_date > '1 Oct 2020'
2. select * from table_1 where start_date between '1 Oct 2020' and now()
3. select * from table_1 where start_date between '1 Oct 2020' and '5 Nov
2020 23:59:59'

#2Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
In reply to: Yambu (#1)
Re: greater than vs between in where clause

On 11/5/20 6:49 AM, Yambu wrote:

May i know if there is a difference in speed between 1 ,2 and 3 below ,
if column start_date is indexed

1.  select * from table_1 where start_date > '1 Oct 2020'
2. select   * from table_1 where start_date between '1 Oct 2020' and now()
3. select * from table_1 where start_date between '1 Oct 2020' and '5
Nov 2020 23:59:59'

Run EXPLAIN ANALYZE(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/sql-explain.html)
on each and let us know.

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com