Re: Nested loops are killing throughput

CG <cgg007(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I'm still getting the nested loop for a join.

> Nested Loop (cost=100000000.00..100013378.98 rows=2206 width=145) (actual time=46.743..18202.318 rows=2225 loops=1)
> -> Index Scan using packet_user_idx on packet dp (cost=0.00..88.03 rows=2206 width=125) (actual time=42.263..124.519 rows=2225 loops=1)
> Index Cond: ((username)::text = 'joeuser'::text)
> -> Index Scan using packet_status_puuid_pkey on packet_status dps (cost=0.00..6.01 rows=1 width=20) (actual time=8.115..8.117 rows=1 loops=2225)
> Index Cond: ("outer".packet_uuid = dps.packet_uuid)
> Total runtime: 18205.880 ms

If packet_status is large, that seems like a perfectly reasonable plan
to me. If not ... what data type is packet_uuid? Is its equality op
marked mergeable or hashable?

regards, tom lane