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You’ll need to use [dimensionality reduction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensionality_reduction) at the moment.
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You’ll need to use [dimensionality reduction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensionality_reduction) at the moment.
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#### Why am I seeing less results after adding an index?
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## Troubleshooting
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#### Why isn’t a query using an index?
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The cost estimates in pgvector < 0.4.3 did not always work well with the planner. You can encourage the planner to use an index for a query with:
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```sql
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SET LOCAL enable_seqscan = off;
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SELECT ...
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COMMIT;
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```
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#### Why isn’t a query using a parallel table scan?
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The planner doesn’t consider [out-of-line storage](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-toast.html) in cost estimates, which can make a serial scan look cheaper. You can reduce the cost of a parallel scan for a query with:
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```sql
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SET LOCAL min_parallel_table_scan_size = 1;
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SET LOCAL parallel_setup_cost = 1;
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SELECT ...
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COMMIT;
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```
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or choose to store vectors inline:
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```sql
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ALTER TABLE items ALTER COLUMN embedding SET STORAGE PLAIN;
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```
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#### Why are there less results for a query after adding an index?
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The index was likely created with too little data for the number of lists. Drop the index until the table has more data.
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The index was likely created with too little data for the number of lists. Drop the index until the table has more data.
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