Re: Bitmap Heap scan 8.1/8.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bitmap Heap scan 8.1/8.2
Date: 2007-10-23 14:22:12
Message-ID: 10734.1193149332@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Martin Marques escribi:
>>> seq_page_cost = 5.0 # measured on an arbitrary scale

> What people generally do around here is mess with random_page_cost, and
> leave seq_page_cost alone.

It's also worth pointing out that having seq_page_cost >
random_page_cost is simply not sane, and is very likely to result in
performance problems in other queries.

regards, tom lane

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