On 2018-03-02 15:29:09 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Postgres uses a conservative method for reusing plans with previous > constants, as described in the PREPARE manual page: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-prepare.html > Prepared statements can use generic plans rather than re-planning with > each set of supplied EXECUTE values. This occurs immediately for > prepared > statements with no parameters; otherwise it occurs only after five or > more > executions produce plans whose estimated cost average (including > planning > overhead) is more expensive than the generic plan cost estimate. Once > a generic plan is chosen, it is used for the remaining lifetime of the > prepared statement. Using EXECUTE values which are rare in columns with > many duplicates can generate custom plans that are so much cheaper than > the generic plan, even after adding planning overhead, that the generic > plan might never be used. > > While I have heard people complain about how other databases cache > prepare plans, I have heard few complaints about the Postgres approach, > and I haven't even heard of people asking to control the documented "five > or more" behavior.
This *constantly* is a problem. Greetings, Andres Freund
