On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:53:46PM +0200, Jonas Henriksen wrote:
> Yes, explain analyze looks like this:

Well, incorrect statistics are definitly the culprit, look:


> "  ->  Index Scan using sskjema_pkey on sskjema s  (cost=0.00..3868.95 
> rows=9738 width=157) (actual time=104.465..208.185 rows=14417 loops=1)"

50% off, not bad.

> "        ->  Index Scan using speciesix on tskjema t  (cost=0.00..6.01 rows=1 
> width=75) (actual time=0.140..24.594 rows=1703 loops=1)"
> "              Index Cond: ((species ~>=~ 'TAGGMAKRELL'::bpchar) AND (species 
> ~<~ 'TAGGMAKRELM'::bpchar))"
> "              Filter: (species ~~ 'TAGGMAKRELL%'::text)"

Youch, 170200% percent off, which explains why it gets wildly bad
timings. Can you increase the statistics on the species column? Check
the docs for how.
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