Re: Same query - Slow in production

I added to the exists query qualifier: AND cp.category_id = 1000962
(in addition to the cp.category_id = ac.category_id)

Now I am getting a much better query plan on our production server:

Index Scan using attribute_category__category_id_fk_idx on
attribute_category ac (cost=0.00..485.71 rows=7 width=4) (actual
time=0.104..0.351 rows=5 loops=1)
Index Cond: (category_id = 1000962)
Filter: (((is_browsable)::text = 'true'::text) AND (subplan))
SubPlan
-> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..24.77 rows=1 width=0) (actual
time=0.058..0.058 rows=1 loops=5)
-> Index Scan using
x_category_product__category_id_fk_idx on category_product cp
(cost=0.00..6.01 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.014..0.014 rows=1
loops=5)
Index Cond: ((category_id = $1) AND (category_id =
1000962))
Filter: (((product_is_active)::text = 'true'::text)
AND ((product_status_code)::text = 'complete'::text))
-> Index Scan using
product_attribute_value__product_id_fk_idx on product_attribute_value
pav (cost=0.00..18.75 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.041..0.041
rows=1 loops=5)
Index Cond: (pav.product_id = "outer".product_id)
Filter: ((attribute_id = $0) AND (status_code IS
NULL))
Total runtime: 0.558 ms
(12 rows)

It is using the x_category_product__category_id_fk_idx on
category_product instead of the
category_product__category_id_is_active_and_status_idx index as on
our backup server. Still not sure what's causing the differences in
query execution between the servers, but at least the query is fast
again.

Brian

On 10-May-06, at 4:39 PM, Brian Wipf wrote:

> I'm trying to determine why an identical query is running
> approximately 500 to 1000 times slower on our production database
> compared to our backup database server.
>
> Both database servers are dual 2.3 GHz G5 Xserves running
> PostgreSQL 8.1.3; both are configured with 8GB of RAM with
> identical shared memory settings; both postgresql.conf files are
> identical; both databases have identical indexes defined.
>
> The three relevant tables are all clustered the same, although I'm
> not sure when clustering was last performed on either server. All
> three tables have recently been analyzed on both servers.
>
> The different explain plans for this query seem to be consistent on
> both servers regardless of category and the production server is
> consistently and drastically slower than the backup server.
>
> If anyone has any ideas on how to have the production server
> generate the same explain plan as the backup server, or can suggest
> anything I might want to try, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Brian Wipf
> ClickSpace Interactive Inc.
> <brian(at)clickspace(dot)com>
>
> Here's the query:
>
> SELECT ac.attribute_id
> FROM attribute_category ac
> WHERE is_browsable = 'true' AND
> category_id = 1000962 AND
> EXISTS ( SELECT 'X'
> FROM product_attribute_value pav,
> category_product cp
> WHERE pav.attribute_id = ac.attribute_id AND
> pav.status_code is null AND
> pav.product_id = cp.product_id AND
> cp.category_id = ac.category_id AND
> cp.product_is_active = 'true' AND
> cp.product_status_code = 'complete'
> )
>
> Explain plans:
>
> Fast (backup server):
> Index Scan using attribute_category__category_id_fk_idx on
> attribute_category ac (cost=0.00..47943.34 rows=7 width=4) (actual
> time=0.110..0.263 rows=5 loops=1)
> Index Cond: (category_id = 1000962)
> Filter: (((is_browsable)::text = 'true'::text) AND (subplan))
> SubPlan
> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..7983.94 rows=3 width=0) (actual
> time=0.043..0.043 rows=1 loops=5)
> -> Index Scan using
> category_product__category_id_is_active_and_status_idx on
> category_product cp (cost=0.00..4362.64 rows=1103 width=4) (actual
> time=0.013..0.015 rows=2 loops=5)
> Index Cond: ((category_id = $1) AND
> ((product_is_active)::text = 'true'::text) AND
> ((product_status_code)::text = 'complete'::text))
> -> Index Scan using
> product_attribute_value__product_id_fk_idx on
> product_attribute_value pav (cost=0.00..3.27 rows=1 width=4)
> (actual time=0.016..0.016 rows=1 loops=8)
> Index Cond: (pav.product_id = "outer".product_id)
> Filter: ((attribute_id = $0) AND (status_code IS
> NULL))
> Total runtime: 0.449 ms
> (11 rows)
>
> Slow (production server):
> Index Scan using attribute_category__category_id_fk_idx on
> attribute_category ac (cost=0.00..107115.90 rows=7 width=4)
> (actual time=1.472..464.437 rows=5 loops=1)
> Index Cond: (category_id = 1000962)
> Filter: (((is_browsable)::text = 'true'::text) AND (subplan))
> SubPlan
> -> Nested Loop (cost=18.33..23739.70 rows=4 width=0) (actual
> time=92.870..92.870 rows=1 loops=5)
> -> Bitmap Heap Scan on product_attribute_value pav
> (cost=18.33..8764.71 rows=2549 width=4) (actual time=10.191..45.672
> rows=5869 loops=5)
> Recheck Cond: (attribute_id = $0)
> Filter: (status_code IS NULL)
> -> Bitmap Index Scan on
> product_attribute_value__attribute_id_fk_idx (cost=0.00..18.33
> rows=2952 width=0) (actual time=9.160..9.160 rows=33330 loops=5)
> Index Cond: (attribute_id = $0)
> -> Index Scan using x_category_product_pk on
> category_product cp (cost=0.00..5.86 rows=1 width=4) (actual
> time=0.007..0.007 rows=0 loops=29345)
> Index Cond: ((cp.category_id = $1) AND
> ("outer".product_id = cp.product_id))
> Filter: (((product_is_active)::text =
> 'true'::text) AND ((product_status_code)::text = 'complete'::text))
> Total runtime: 464.667 ms
> (14 rows)
>
> Table Descriptions:
>
> \d attribute_category;
> Table "public.attribute_category"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> -----------------+----------------------+-----------
> attribute_id | integer | not null
> category_id | integer | not null
> is_browsable | character varying(5) |
> is_required | character varying(5) |
> sort_order | integer |
> default_unit_id | integer |
> Indexes:
> "attribute_category_pk" PRIMARY KEY, btree (attribute_id,
> category_id)
> "attribute_category__attribute_id_fk_idx" btree (attribute_id)
> "attribute_category__category_id_fk_idx" btree (category_id)
> CLUSTER
> Foreign-key constraints:
> "attribute_category_attribute_fk" FOREIGN KEY (attribute_id)
> REFERENCES attribute(attribute_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "attribute_category_category_fk" FOREIGN KEY (category_id)
> REFERENCES category(category_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
>
> \d product_attribute_value;
> Table "public.product_attribute_value"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> ----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------
> attribute_id | integer | not null
> attribute_unit_id | integer |
> attribute_value_id | integer |
> boolean_value | character varying(5) |
> decimal_value | numeric(30,10) |
> product_attribute_value_id | integer | not null
> product_id | integer | not null
> product_reference_id | integer |
> status_code | character varying(32) |
> Indexes:
> "product_attribute_value_pk" PRIMARY KEY, btree
> (product_attribute_value_id)
> "product_attribute_value__attribute_id_fk_idx" btree
> (attribute_id)
> "product_attribute_value__attribute_unit_id_fk_idx" btree
> (attribute_unit_id)
> "product_attribute_value__attribute_value_id_fk_idx" btree
> (attribute_value_id)
> "product_attribute_value__decimal_value_idx" btree (decimal_value)
> "product_attribute_value__product_id_fk_idx" btree (product_id)
> CLUSTER
> "product_attribute_value__product_reference_id_fk_idx" btree
> (product_reference_id)
> Foreign-key constraints:
> "product_attribute_value_attribute_fk" FOREIGN KEY
> (attribute_id) REFERENCES attribute(attribute_id) DEFERRABLE
> INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "product_attribute_value_attributeunit_fk" FOREIGN KEY
> (attribute_unit_id) REFERENCES attribute_unit(attribute_unit_id)
> DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "product_attribute_value_attributevalue_fk" FOREIGN KEY
> (attribute_value_id) REFERENCES attribute_value(attribute_value_id)
> DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "product_attribute_value_product_fk" FOREIGN KEY (product_id)
> REFERENCES product(product_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "product_attribute_value_productreference_fk" FOREIGN KEY
> (product_reference_id) REFERENCES product(product_id) DEFERRABLE
> INITIALLY DEFERRED
>
> \d category_product;
> Table "public.category_product"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> ---------------------+------------------------+-----------
> category_id | integer | not null
> product_id | integer | not null
> en_name_sort_order | integer |
> fr_name_sort_order | integer |
> merchant_sort_order | integer |
> price_sort_order | integer |
> merchant_count | integer |
> is_active | character varying(5) |
> product_is_active | character varying(5) |
> product_status_code | character varying(32) |
> product_name_en | character varying(512) |
> product_name_fr | character varying(512) |
> product_click_count | integer |
> Indexes:
> "x_category_product_pk" PRIMARY KEY, btree (category_id,
> product_id)
> "category_product__category_id_is_active_and_status_idx" btree
> (category_id, product_is_active, product_status_code)
> "category_product__is_active_idx" btree (is_active)
> "category_product__merchant_sort_order_idx" btree
> (merchant_sort_order)
> "x_category_product__category_id_fk_idx" btree (category_id)
> CLUSTER
> "x_category_product__product_id_fk_idx" btree (product_id)
> Foreign-key constraints:
> "x_category_product_category_fk" FOREIGN KEY (category_id)
> REFERENCES category(category_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> "x_category_product_product_fk" FOREIGN KEY (product_id)
> REFERENCES product(product_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED