Ann,

> >Whoops; in fact it should. I was confusing with a similar (but not
> >exactly equivalent) setup I had tested here.
>
> In fact, it shouldn't, unless we get some timing tests that
> suggest that using the index is faster.

I was referring to the current situation, not the ideal one.
Whether using the index is always faster or not, I don't know (neither
do I imagine how can possibly the optimizer figure it out, but it has
the stats after all).
Ciao
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