Why query plan is different?

From: Andrzej Zawadzki <zawadaa(at)wp(dot)pl>
To: postgres performance list <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Why query plan is different?
Date: 2016-10-10 15:31:28
Message-ID: bb1d234e-62ee-70e8-44ef-9b0919ec1268@wp.pl
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Hi,<br>
Today, I noticed strange situation:<br>
<br>
The same query run on different servers has very different plan:<br>
<br>
Q: SELECT b.* FROM kredytob b  WHERE pesel = '22222222222'  ORDER BY
b.id DESC LIMIT 1 <br>
<br>
Slow plan:<br>
<br>
"Limit  (cost=0.43..28712.33 rows=1 width=4) (actual
time=2574.041..2574.044 rows=1 loops=1)"<br>
"  Output: id"<br>
"  Buffers: shared hit=316132 read=110001"<br>
"  -&gt;  Index Scan Backward using kredytob_pkey on public.kredytob
b  (cost=0.43..3244444.80 rows=113 width=4) (actual
time=2574.034..2574.034 rows=1 loops=1)"<br>
"        Output: id"<br>
"        Filter: (b.pesel = '22222222222'::bpchar)"<br>
"        Rows Removed by Filter: 433609"<br>
"        Buffers: shared hit=316132 read=110001"<br>
"Planning time: 0.414 ms"<br>
"Execution time: 2574.139 ms"<br>
<br>
<br>
Fast plan:<br>
"Limit  (cost=115240.66..115240.66 rows=1 width=4) (actual
time=463.275..463.276 rows=1 loops=1)"<br>
"  Output: id"<br>
"  Buffers: shared hit=14661 read=4576"<br>
"  -&gt;  Sort  (cost=115240.66..115240.94 rows=112 width=4) (actual
time=463.271..463.271 rows=1 loops=1)"<br>
"        Output: id"<br>
"        Sort Key: b.id DESC"<br>
"        Sort Method: top-N heapsort  Memory: 25kB"<br>
"        Buffers: shared hit=14661 read=4576"<br>
"        -&gt;  Index Scan using kredytob_pesel_typkred_opclass_idx
on public.kredytob b  (cost=0.43..115240.10 rows=112 width=4)
(actual time=311.347..463.183 rows=5 loops=1)"<br>
"              Output: id"<br>
"              Index Cond: (b.pesel = '22222222222'::bpchar)"<br>
"              Buffers: shared hit=14661 read=4576"<br>
"Planning time: 0.383 ms"<br>
"Execution time: 463.324 ms"<br>
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Data is almost equal - "slow" has a few more rows in table. ("Fast"
is a copy from 1 am today).<br>
Why runtime is slower?<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Andrzej Zawadzki<br>
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