Re: 7.4.1 upgrade issues

Gavin M. Roy wrote:
> I upgraded my main production db from 7.3.4 last night to 7.4.1. I'm
> running into an issue where a big query that may take 30-40 seconds to
> reply is holding up all other backends from performing their queries.
> Once the big query is finished, all the tiny ones fly through. This is
> seemingly ne behavior on the box, as with previous versions things would
> slow down, but not wait for the cpu/resource hog queries to finish. The
> box is Slackware 8.1, on a fairly decent box with plenty of ram, cpu,
> and disk speed. I've considered renicing the processes, I was wondering
> if anyone had a different suggestion.

Hi Gavin.

Assuming a VACUUM ANALYZE after reload, one possibility is that the
query in question contains >= 11 joins. I forgot to adjust the GEQO
settings during an upgrade and experienced the associated
sluggishness in planning time.

Mike Mascari