Joe -- >________________________________ > From: Joe Van Dyk <j...@tanga.com> >To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org >Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 6:42 PM >Subject: Re: [PERFORM] slow joins? > > >(https://gist.github.com/joevandyk/df0df703f3fda6d14ae1/raw/c15cae813913b7f8c35b24b467a0c732c0100d79/gistfile1.txt > shows a non-wrapped version of the queries and plan) > > > > >On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Joe Van Dyk <j...@tanga.com> wrote: > >On 9.2.4, running two identical queries except for the value of a column in >the WHERE clause. Postgres is picking very different query plans, the first is >much slower than the second. >> >> >>Any ideas on how I can speed this up? I have btree indexes for all the >>columns used in the query. >> >>explain analyze >> >>SELECT COUNT(*) >> >>FROM purchased_items pi >> >>inner join line_items li on li.id = pi.line_item_id >> >>inner join products on products.id = li.product_id >> >>WHERE products.drop_shipper_id = 221; >> >> Aggregate (cost=193356.31..193356.32 rows=1 width=0) (actual >>time=2425.225..2425.225 rows=1 loops=1) >> -> Hash Join (cost=78864.43..193160.41 rows=78360 width=0) (actual >>time=726.612..2424.206 rows=8413 loops=1) >> Hash Cond: (pi.line_item_id = li.id) >> -> Seq Scan on purchased_items pi (cost=0.00..60912.39 >>rows=3724639 width=4) (actual time=0.008..616.812 rows=3724639 loops=1) >> -> Hash (cost=77937.19..77937.19 rows=56499 width=4) (actual >>time=726.231..726.231 rows=8178 loops=1) >> Buckets: 4096 Batches: 4 Memory Usage: 73kB >> -> Hash Join (cost=1684.33..77937.19 rows=56499 width=4) >>(actual time=1.270..723.222 rows=8178 loops=1) >> Hash Cond: (li.product_id = products.id) >> -> Seq Scan on line_items li (cost=0.00..65617.18 >>rows=2685518 width=8) (actual time=0.081..392.926 rows=2685499 loops=1) >> -> Hash (cost=1676.60..1676.60 rows=618 width=4) >>(actual time=0.835..0.835 rows=618 loops=1) >> Buckets: 1024 Batches: 1 Memory Usage: 22kB >> -> Bitmap Heap Scan on products >>(cost=13.07..1676.60 rows=618 width=4) (actual time=0.185..0.752 rows=618 >>loops=1) >> Recheck Cond: (drop_shipper_id = 221) >> -> Bitmap Index Scan on >>index_products_on_drop_shipper_id (cost=0.00..12.92 rows=618 width=0) >>(actual time=0.125..0.125 rows=618 loops=1) >> Index Cond: (drop_shipper_id = 221) >> Total runtime: 2425.302 ms >> >> >>explain analyze >> >>SELECT COUNT(*) >> >>FROM purchased_items pi >> >>inner join line_items li on li.id = pi.line_item_id >> >>inner join products on products.id = li.product_id >> >>WHERE products.drop_shipper_id = 2; >> >> >> >> >> Aggregate (cost=29260.40..29260.41 rows=1 width=0) (actual >>time=0.906..0.906 rows=1 loops=1) >> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..29254.38 rows=2409 width=0) (actual >>time=0.029..0.877 rows=172 loops=1) >> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..16011.70 rows=1737 width=4) (actual >>time=0.021..0.383 rows=167 loops=1) >> -> Index Scan using index_products_on_drop_shipper_id on >>products (cost=0.00..80.41 rows=19 width=4) (actual time=0.010..0.074 >>rows=70 loops=1) >> Index Cond: (drop_shipper_id = 2) >> -> Index Scan using index_line_items_on_product_id on >>line_items li (cost=0.00..835.70 rows=279 width=8) (actual time=0.002..0.004 >>rows=2 loops=70) >> Index Cond: (product_id = products.id) >> -> Index Only Scan using purchased_items_line_item_id_idx on >>purchased_items pi (cost=0.00..7.60 rows=2 width=4) (actual >>time=0.002..0.003 rows=1 loops=167) >> Index Cond: (line_item_id = li.id) >> Heap Fetches: 5 >> Total runtime: 0.955 ms >>(11 rows) >> >
Does drop_shipper+id have a much larger number of rows which is making the scanner want to avoid an indexed scan or otherwise prefer a sequential scan on products and on line_items ? What are the stats settings for these tables ? HTH, Greg WIlliamson -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance