Re: The planner chooses seqscan+sort when there is an

From: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The planner chooses seqscan+sort when there is an
Date: 2006-05-04 08:36:41
Message-ID: 1146731801.14093.193.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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> There are a number of ways you can (indirectly) see how far it has got.
> If it's in the first phase (the seq scan), by looking at which file it
> has open you should be able to see how far along the table it is. Once
> it's in the sort stage you should be able to see from the tape files
> approimately how far it is. As for the number of sort stages required,
> that depends on the size of the data to be sorted, but you should be
> able to estimate that...
>
> At least, you should be able to tell the difference between a 6 hour and
> 6 day query.

Thanks for the hints, I'll try to look up on the details...

Cheers,
Csaba.

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