Postgres 14

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS orders_test;
CREATE TABLE orders_test(
    order_id int not null,
    shipping_date date not null,
    PRIMARY KEY (order_id)
);
INSERT INTO orders_test SELECT generate_series(1, 2000000), '2018-01-01'::timestamp + random() * ('2022-05-01'::timestamp - '2018-01-01'::timestamp);
ANALYZE orders_test;
2000000 rows affected

CREATE INDEX ON orders_test(shipping_date, order_id);
EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT
FROM orders_test
WHERE TRUE
AND shipping_date >= '2022-05-01'
AND shipping_date <= '2022-05-01'
ORDER BY order_id
LIMIT 50;


QUERY PLAN


Limit  (cost=8.46..8.46 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.031..0.032 rows=0 loops=1)

  ->  Sort  (cost=8.46..8.46 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.025..0.025 rows=0 loops=1)

        Sort Key: order_id

        Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 25kB

        ->  Index Only Scan using orders_test_shipping_date_order_id_idx on orders_test  (cost=0.43..8.45 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.017..0.018 rows=0 loops=1)

              Index Cond: ((shipping_date >= '2022-05-01'::date) AND (shipping_date <= '2022-05-01'::date))

              Heap Fetches: 0

Planning Time: 66.309 ms

Execution Time: 0.092 ms


INSERT INTO orders_test SELECT generate_series(2000001, 2100000), '2022-05-01';
ANALYZE orders_test;
100000 rows affected

EXPLAIN ANALYZE
SELECT
FROM orders_test
WHERE TRUE
AND shipping_date >= '2022-05-01'
AND shipping_date <= '2022-05-01'
ORDER BY order_id
LIMIT 50;


QUERY PLAN


Limit  (cost=0.43..37.05 rows=50 width=4) (actual time=1186.565..1186.593 rows=50 loops=1)

  ->  Index Scan using orders_test_pkey on orders_test  (cost=0.43..74336.43 rows=101502 width=4) (actual time=1186.562..1186.584 rows=50 loops=1)

        Filter: ((shipping_date >= '2022-05-01'::date) AND (shipping_date <= '2022-05-01'::date))

        Rows Removed by Filter: 2000000

Planning Time: 0.505 ms

Execution Time: 1186.636 ms