Re: Problem with 11 M records table

In response to idc danny <idcdanny(at)yahoo(dot)com>:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm fairly new to PostgreSQL and I have a problem with
> a query:
>
> SELECT * FROM "LockerEvents" LIMIT 10000 OFFSET
> 10990000

This query makes no sense, and I can't blame PostgreSQL for using a
seq scan, since you've given it no reason to do otherwise. If you
want a random sampling of rows, you should construct your query more
to that effect, as this query is going to give you a random sampling
of rows, and the LIMIT/OFFSET are simply junk that confuses the
query planner.

I suspect that you don't really want a random sampling of rows, although
I can't imagine what you think you're going to get from that query.
Have you tried putting an ORDER BY clause in?

>
> The table LockerEvents has 11 Mlillions records on it
> and this query takes about 60 seconds to complete.
> Moreover, even after making for each column in the
> table a index the EXPLAIN still uses sequential scan
> instead of indexes.
>
> The EXPLAIN is:
> "Limit (cost=100245579.54..100245803.00 rows=10000
> width=60) (actual time=58414.753..58482.661 rows=10000
> loops=1)"
> " -> Seq Scan on "LockerEvents"
> (cost=100000000.00..100245803.00 rows=11000000
> width=60) (actual time=12.620..45463.222 rows=11000000
> loops=1)"
> "Total runtime: 58493.648 ms"
>
> The table is:
>
> CREATE TABLE "LockerEvents"
> (
> "ID" serial NOT NULL,
> "IDMoneySymbol" integer NOT NULL,
> "IDLocker" integer NOT NULL,
> "IDUser" integer NOT NULL,
> "IDEventType" integer NOT NULL,
> "TimeBegin" timestamp(0) without time zone NOT NULL,
> "Notes" character varying(200),
> "Income" double precision NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
> "IncomeWithRate" double precision NOT NULL DEFAULT
> 0,
> CONSTRAINT pk_lockerevents_id PRIMARY KEY ("ID"),
> CONSTRAINT fk_lockerevents_ideventtype_eventtypes_id
> FOREIGN KEY ("IDEventType")
> REFERENCES "EventTypes" ("ID") MATCH SIMPLE
> ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
> CONSTRAINT fk_lockerevents_idlocker_lockers_id
> FOREIGN KEY ("IDLocker")
> REFERENCES "Lockers" ("ID") MATCH SIMPLE
> ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
> CONSTRAINT
> fk_lockerevents_idmoneysymbol_moneysymbols_id FOREIGN
> KEY ("IDMoneySymbol")
> REFERENCES "MoneySymbols" ("ID") MATCH SIMPLE
> ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
> CONSTRAINT fk_lockerevents_iduser_users_id FOREIGN
> KEY ("IDUser")
> REFERENCES "Users" ("ID") MATCH SIMPLE
> ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION
> )
> WITH (OIDS=FALSE);
>
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_col_lockerevents_income
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("Income");
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_col_lockerevents_incomewithrate
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("IncomeWithRate");
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_col_lockerevents_notes
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("Notes");
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_col_lockerevents_timebegin
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("TimeBegin");
>
> CREATE INDEX
> idx_fk_lockerevents_ideventtype_eventtypes_id
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("IDEventType");
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_fk_lockerevents_idlocker_lockers_id
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("IDLocker");
>
> CREATE INDEX
> idx_fk_lockerevents_idmoneysymbol_moneysymbols_id
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("IDMoneySymbol");
>
> CREATE INDEX idx_fk_lockerevents_iduser_users_id
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("IDUser");
>
> CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_pk_lockerevents_id
> ON "LockerEvents"
> USING btree
> ("ID");
>
>
> If I do the query :
> SELECT * FROM "LockerEvents" LIMIT 10000 OFFSET 0
> then this query takes under a second to complete - I
> believe this is because the sequential scan starts
> from beginning.
>
> I need the query to complete under 10 seconds and I do
> not know how to do it.
> Please help me!
>
> Thank you,
> Danny
>
>
>
>
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