Kovacs Zoltan writes:

> There seems to be an optimizer problem in 7.1beta3. The query you can see
> below worked fast in 7.0.2 but in 7.1beta3 is rather slow. The problem is
> that an 'index scan' has been changed to a 'seq scan'. Details:

> Subquery Scan sd_user_grant  (cost=38.68..38.85 rows=1 width=61)
>   ->  Aggregate  (cost=38.68..38.85 rows=1 width=61)
>         ->  Group  (cost=38.68..38.73 rows=10 width=61)
>               ->  Sort  (cost=38.68..38.68 rows=10 width=61)
>                     ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..38.51 rows=10 width=61)
>                           ->  Seq Scan on pg_shadow  (cost=0.00..1.01 rows=1 
>width=32)
>                           ->  Seq Scan on sd_grant  (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 
>width=29)

You haven't VACUUM ANALYZE'd the sd_grant table.  Therefore the row
estimate is way off (1000 vs 6) and thus a sequential scan is (correctly)
thought to be faster.

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Peter Eisentraut      [EMAIL PROTECTED]       http://yi.org/peter-e/

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