On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Jeff Amiel <becauseimj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On most nested loops that I do explain/explain analyze on, the row estimation 
> for the nested-loop itself is a product of the inner nodes of the nested loop.
> However in this case, I am stumped!
>
> explain
> select  era.child_entity  from entity_rel era  join user_entity ue on 
> ue.entity_id = era.parent_entity and ue.user_id=12345
>
> Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..2903.37 rows=29107 width=4)
>   ->  Index Only Scan using entity_pk on user_entity ue  (cost=0.00..62.68 
> rows=2 width=4)
>         Index Cond: (user_id = 10954)
>   ->  Index Scan using rel_parent on entity_rel era  (cost=0.00..1261.85 
> rows=317 width=8)
>         Index Cond: (parent_entity = ue.entity_id)
>
>
> How can the estimated number of rows for the nested loop node EXCEED the 
> product of the 2 row estimates of the tables being joined?
> Not only does it exceed it - but it is orders of magnitude greater.
>
> Am I missing something obvious here?  I an see the nested loop row estimate 
> being LESS but certainly not more.
>

Can you also post the output of explain analyze <your-query>?


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