Re: Possible to improve query plan?

Thanks that seems to make the query 10-15% faster :)

Cheers
jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 9:24 a.m.
To: Jeremy Palmer
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Possible to improve query plan?

Jeremy Palmer <JPalmer(at)linz(dot)govt(dot)nz> writes:
> I've come to a dead end in trying to get a commonly used query to
> perform better.

> EXPLAIN
> SELECT * FROM (
> SELECT
> row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY id ORDER BY _revision_created DESC) as row_number,
> *
> FROM
> version_crs_coordinate_revision
> WHERE (
> (_revision_created <= 16 AND _revision_expired > 16 AND _revision_expired <= 40) OR
> (_revision_created > 16 AND _revision_created <= 40)
> )
> ) AS T
> WHERE row_number = 1;

If I'm not mistaken, that's a DB2-ish locution for a query with DISTINCT
ON, ie, you're looking for the row with highest _revision_created for
each value of id. It might perform well on DB2, but it's going to
mostly suck on Postgres --- we don't optimize window-function queries
very much at all at the moment. Try writing it with DISTINCT ON instead
of a window function, like so:

SELECT DISTINCT ON (id)
*
FROM
version_crs_coordinate_revision
WHERE (
(_revision_created <= 16 AND _revision_expired > 16 AND _revision_expired <= 40) OR
(_revision_created > 16 AND _revision_created <= 40)
)
ORDER BY id, _revision_created DESC;

You could also experiment with various forms of GROUP BY if you're loath
to use any Postgres-specific syntax.

regards, tom lane
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