Re: SQL performance issue (postgresql chooses a bad plan when a better one is available)

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Chris Stephens <cstephens16(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL performance issue (postgresql chooses a bad plan when a better one is available)
Date: 2021-03-22 14:54:13
Message-ID: aed084845c68eb61ffe1c31938f7dca80bc6abb4.camel@cybertec.at
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On Mon, 2021-03-22 at 08:10 -0500, Chris Stephens wrote:
> The following SQL takes ~25 seconds to run. I'm relatively new to postgres
> but the execution plan (https://explain.depesz.com/s/N4oR) looks like it's
> materializing the entire EXISTS subquery for each row returned by the rest
> of the query before probing for plate_384_id existence. postgres is
> choosing sequential scans on sample_plate_384 and test_result when suitable,
> efficient indexes exist. a re-written query produces a much better plan
> (https://explain.depesz.com/s/zXJ6) Executing the EXISTS portion of the
> query with an explicit PLATE_384_ID yields the execution plan we want as
> well (https://explain.depesz.com/s/3QAK) unnesting the EXISTS and adding
> a DISTINCT on the result also yields a better plan.

Great! Then use one of the rewritten queries.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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