Re: Can you spot the difference?

From: Moshe Jacobson <moshe(at)neadwerx(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Can you spot the difference?
Date: 2013-04-16 19:32:34
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That was it! Thanks Adrian and Tom!

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> On 04/16/2013 12:07 PM, Moshe Jacobson wrote:
>
>> Hi PostgreSQL friends,
>>
>> I have two databases in the same cluster that are almost identical. One
>> is a copy of the other as we are developing some new features in the copy.
>>
>> My problem is that the exact same simple query performs great in the
>> original database ("ises") and dismally in the copy database
>> ("ises_coelacanth"). The problem is that in ises, it uses an index scan,
>> but in ises_coelacanth it uses a sequential scan:
>>
>
>
> The difference is that Postgres is coming to alternate conclusions as to
> what plan to use. Given that the copy is causing the 'problem', the
> question to ask is; did you run ANALYZE on the table once the data was
> copied in?
>
>
>
>
>> --
>> Moshe Jacobson
>> Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering
>> 2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339
>> moshe(at)neadwerx(dot)com <mailto:moshe(at)neadwerx(dot)com> | www.neadwerx.com
>> <http://www.neadwerx.com/>
>>
>>
>> "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle
>>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com
>

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Moshe Jacobson
Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering
2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339
moshe(at)neadwerx(dot)com | www.neadwerx.com

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle

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