Re: Slow query plan used

From: Andreas Kretschmer <andreas(at)a-kretschmer(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Slow query plan used
Date: 2017-06-01 14:45:17
Message-ID: 7a1ecbc7-d02a-3792-8381-b288f9d4b67e@a-kretschmer.de
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Am 01.06.2017 um 14:07 schrieb Wetzel, Juergen (Juergen):
>
> Am 31.05.2017 um 13:27 schrieb Wetzel, Juergen (Juergen):
>>>> Only 130 rows out of the 30000 have ARCHIVED = 0
>>> in this case i would suggest a partial index:
>>> create index <indexname> on <tablename> (archived) where archived = 0;
>> Thanks, Andreas.
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion about the table names.
>> The hint with the partial index sounds as it could solve the problem. I will test it.
>>
> Hi,
>
> I created now a partial index
> create index on document (archived) where archived = '0';

just to be sure: this syntay is wrong, missing index-name. But it seems
the index is document_archived_idx ...

>
> But result is same as before: a short like expression included in doubled %-signs leads to a fast query plan whereas a longer like expression or use of single %-sign creates a much slower query. Please see below query plans. Most surprisingly to me is the influence of the like expression, especially the doubled %-sign on short expressions. Any other ideas how to speed up that query or what is going on here in general?
>

please consider my plan B) and increase the stats. See my other mail.

Regards, Andreas

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