Re: Unexpected query plan results

Dave Dutcher wrote:

>>From: Anne Rosset
>>Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Unexpected query plan results
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>>Thank Dave. We are using postgresql-server-8.2.4-1PGDG and
>>have work-mem set to 20MB.
>>What value would you advise?
>>thanks,
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>>Anne
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>Work-mem is kind of tricky because the right setting depends on how much ram
>your machine has, is the machine dedicated to postgres, and how many
>simultaneous connections you have. If this is a test server, and not used
>in production, you could just play around with the setting and see if your
>query gets any faster.
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>Here are the docs on work mem
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>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/runtime-config-resource.html#
>RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY
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Thanks Dave.
The result with enable_sort=false is much better (at least the left join
is not having better result): Now I am getting a 4s runtime.
( I also got the same performance by setting enable_mergejoin to false).

Do you see anything I could do to make it faster?
When the query plan takes a wrong path, is it possible that it is
because statistics have not been run or updated?

Thanks
Anne

QUERY PLAN

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Hash Join (cost=9276.24..100313.55 rows=1 width=155) (actual
time=168.148..4144.595 rows=71 loops=1)
Hash Cond: ((folder.project_id)::text = (project.id)::text)
-> Nested Loop (cost=9271.96..100302.44 rows=1819 width=167)
(actual time=168.080..4144.363 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using folder_pk on folder (cost=0.00..4.35
rows=1 width=26) (actual time=0.029..0.032 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: ('tracker3641'::text = (id)::text)
Filter: ((path)::text = 'tracker.perf_test'::text)
-> Nested Loop (cost=9271.96..100279.90 rows=1819 width=168)
(actual time=168.045..4144.249 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop (cost=9271.96..99724.69 rows=1819
width=150) (actual time=168.028..4143.126 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop (cost=9271.96..99198.39 rows=1819
width=132) (actual time=168.008..4141.973 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop (cost=9271.96..98543.72
rows=1819 width=131) (actual time=167.989..4140.718 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop
(cost=9271.96..97889.05 rows=1819 width=144) (actual
time=167.971..4139.482 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop
(cost=9271.96..97234.38 rows=1819 width=157) (actual
time=167.943..4137.998 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop
(cost=9271.96..92431.80 rows=2796 width=158) (actual
time=167.893..4136.297 rows=71 loops=1)
-> Hash Join
(cost=9271.96..42281.07 rows=66876 width=70) (actual
time=125.019..782.122 rows=184378 loops=1)
Hash Cond:
((artifact.status_fv)::text = (field_value2.id)::text)
-> Seq Scan on
artifact (cost=0.00..25206.14 rows=475614 width=69) (actual
time=0.006..211.907 rows=468173 loops=1
)
-> Hash
(cost=8285.92..8285.92 rows=78883 width=27) (actual
time=124.929..124.929 rows=79488 loops=1)
-> Index
Scan using field_class_idx on field_value field_value2
(cost=0.00..8285.92 rows=78883 width=27) (ac
tual time=0.040..60.861 rows=79488 loops=1)

Index Cond: ((value_class)::text = 'Open'::text)
-> Index Scan using
item_pk on item (cost=0.00..0.74 rows=1 width=88) (actual
time=0.018..0.018 rows=0 loops=184378)
Index Cond:
((artifact.id)::text = (item.id)::text)
Filter: ((NOT
is_deleted) AND ((folder_id)::text = 'tracker3641'::text))
-> Index Scan using
relation_target on relationship (cost=0.00..1.71 rows=1 width=25)
(actual time=0.021..0.022 rows=1 loops=7
1)
Index Cond:
((artifact.id)::text = (relationship.target_id)::text)
Filter: ((NOT
is_deleted) AND ((relationship_type_name)::text =
'ArtifactAssignment'::text))
-> Index Scan using
field_value_pk on field_value field_value4 (cost=0.00..0.35 rows=1
width=13) (actual time=0.018..0.019 rows=1 lo
ops=71)
Index Cond:
((artifact.customer_fv)::text = (field_value4.id)::text)
-> Index Scan using field_value_pk on
field_value (cost=0.00..0.35 rows=1 width=13) (actual time=0.015..0.015
rows=1 loops=71)
Index Cond:
((artifact.group_fv)::text = (field_value.id)::text)
-> Index Scan using field_value_pk on
field_value field_value3 (cost=0.00..0.35 rows=1 width=27) (actual
time=0.015..0.015 rows=1 loops=71)
Index Cond:
((artifact.category_fv)::text = (field_value3.id)::text)
-> Index Scan using sfuser_pk on sfuser sfuser2
(cost=0.00..0.28 rows=1 width=42) (actual time=0.013..0.014 rows=1 loops=71)
Index Cond: ((relationship.origin_id)::text =
(sfuser2.id)::text)
-> Index Scan using sfuser_pk on sfuser
(cost=0.00..0.29 rows=1 width=42) (actual time=0.013..0.014 rows=1 loops=71)
Index Cond: ((item.created_by_id)::text =
(sfuser.id)::text)
-> Hash (cost=4.27..4.27 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.047..0.047
rows=1 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using project_path on project (cost=0.00..4.27
rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.041..0.043 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: ((path)::text =
'projects.gl_coconet_performance_improveme'::text)
Total runtime: 4146.198 ms
(39 rows)