SQLite slow query on iPad
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I have a table with almost 300K records in it. I run a simple select statement with a where clause on an indexed column ('type' is indexed): 

    SELECT *
    FROM Asset_Spec
    WHERE type = 'County'

That query is fast - about 1 second. Additionally I want to test against status:

    SELECT *
    FROM Asset_Spec
    WHERE type = 'County'
    AND status = 'Active'

The second one is VERY slow (minutes). Status is NOT indexed and in this particular case 99.9% of values in the db ARE 'Active'.

Any ideas how I can get better performance? We are compiling our own version of SQLite so I can tweak many settings (FYI - same performance on iOS pre-canned SQLite)