Thanks, very informative! I'll experiment with work_mem settings and report back.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Mike Broers <mbro...@gmail.com> writes: > > I had a query that was filtering with a wildcard search of a text field > for > > %SUCCESS%. The query took about 5 seconds and was running often so I > wanted > > to improve it. I suggested that the engineers include a new boolean > column > > for successful status. They implemented the requested field, but the > query > > that filters on that new column runs very long (i kill it after letting > it > > run for about an hour). Can someone help me understand why that is the > > case and how to resolve it? > > It's hashing the subplan output in the first case and not the second: > > > Seq Scan on lead (cost=130951.81..158059.21 rows=139957 width=369) > (actual > > time=4699.619..4699.869 rows=1 loops=1) > > Filter: ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 1)) AND (("ReferenceNumber")::text <> > > ''::text) AND ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 2)) OR (NOT (hashed SubPlan 3)))) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > vs > > > Seq Scan on lead (cost=85775.78..9005687281.12 rows=139957 width=369) > > Filter: ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 1)) AND (("ReferenceNumber")::text <> > > ''::text) AND ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 2)) OR (NOT (SubPlan 3)))) > ^^^^^^^^^ > > Presumably, the new more-accurate rows count causes the planner to realize > that the hash table will exceed work_mem so it doesn't choose to hash ... > but for your situation, you'd rather it did, because what you're getting > instead is a Materialize node that spills to disk (again, because the data > involved exceeds work_mem) and that's a killer for this query. You should > be able to get back the old behavior if you raise work_mem enough. > > Another idea you might think about is changing the OR'd IN conditions > to a single IN over a UNION ALL of the subselects. I'm not really sure if > that would produce a better plan, but it's worth trying if it wouldn't > require too much app-side contortion. > > regards, tom lane >