Re: enable_nestloop

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Luis Amigo <lamigo(at)atc(dot)unican(dot)es>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: enable_nestloop
Date: 2001-11-23 20:13:12
Message-ID: 9881.1006546392@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Luis Amigo <lamigo(at)atc(dot)unican(dot)es> writes:
> if we use set enable_nestloop=off the result is:

> Limit (cost=100160926.76..100160926.76 rows=100 width=120)
> -> Sort (cost=100160926.76..100160926.76 rows=100 width=120)
> -> Nested Loop (cost=100160637.42..100160923.43 rows=100
> width=120)

It's choosing a nestloop at the top level despite the large penalty
added to the cost, presumably because it cannot find any other way to
do the top-level join. You won't get any more useful answer than that
as long as you're not showing us the query and table schemas involved...

regards, tom lane

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