On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 05:37, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > |>>> Without index: 1.140 ms > |>>> With index: 1.400 ms > |>>> With default_statistic_targer = 200: 1.800 ms > |>> > |>> > |>> > |>> > |>> Can I just check that 1.800ms means 1.8 secs (You're using . as the > |>> thousands separator)? > |>> > |>> If it means 1.8ms then frankly the times are too short to mean > |>> anything without running them 100 times and averaging. > |> > |> > |> > |> > |> It mean 1.8 ms and that execution time is sticky to that value even > |> with 1000 times. > | > | > | Given the almost irrelvant difference in the speed of those queries, I'd > | say that with the stats so high, postgres simply takes longer to check > | the statistics to come to the same conclusion. ie. it has to loop over > | 200 rows instead of just 10. > > The time increase seems too much.
We can test this. What are the times without the index, with the index and with the higher statistics value when using a prepared query? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html