join optimization problem

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Hi all,

I'm trying to optimize what I had thought was a simple enough query but I'm
not having much success. It's from a forum based application, and the query
in question is operating on two tables - fbof_msg (8563 rows) and
fbof_thread(1537 rows) and it looks like this:

select t.thread_id,
t.forum_id,
t.thread_title,
t.thread_owner,
t.thread_owner_id,
t.date_created,
t.thread_hits,
t.poem_reference,
t.bArchived,
count(m.msg_id) as msgcount,
max(m.date_created) as lastpost
from fbof_thread t LEFT OUTER JOIN fbof_msg m ON m.thread_id = t.thread_id
where t.forum_id = 1
and t.bArchived = 0
and t.bSticky = 0
group by t.thread_id,
t.thread_title,
t.thread_owner,
t.thread_owner_id,
t.date_created,
t.thread_hits,
t.forum_id,
t.poem_reference,
t.bArchived,
t.bSticky
order by t.date_created desc

the explain data I'm currently getting is this:

Sort (cost=1660930.18..1660946.63 rows=6581 width=568)
Sort Key: max(m.date_created)
-> Aggregate (cost=0.00..1659452.99 rows=6581 width=568)
-> Group (cost=0.00..1659123.95 rows=65807 width=568)
-> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..1657643.30 rows=65807 width=568)
Join Filter: (("outer".thread_id)::double precision =
"inner".thread_id)
-> Index Scan using fbof_group_idx on fbof_thread t
(cost=0.00..642.03 rows=1537 width=548)
Filter: ((forum_id = 1::double precision) AND
(barchived = 0) AND (bsticky = 0))
-> Seq Scan on fbof_msg m (cost=0.00..949.63 rows=8563
width=20)
(9 rows)

The index it's using is the only one I've been able to get it to use, and
looks like this: (\d fbof_group_idx)

Index "public.fbof_group_idx"
Column | Type
- -----------------+------------------
thread_id | integer
thread_title | character(255)
thread_owner | character(255)
thread_owner_id | integer
date_created | date
thread_hits | integer
forum_id | double precision
poem_reference | integer
barchived | smallint
btree, for table "public.fbof_thread"

can anyone point out to me where I'm going wrong here? I can't seem to make
it faster for the life of me.... I've tried adding indices on all the main
fields etc but nada. I'm not subscribed the list currently so please reply
to my address as well as the list.

cheers,
Toby
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Toby Tremayne
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Senior Technical Consultant
Lyricist Software
www.lyricist.com.au
+61 416 048 090
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