Re: Large data and slow queries

From: vinny <vinny(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large data and slow queries
Date: 2017-04-19 11:22:56
Message-ID: fa860607f81e5857bf8220862b0389af@xs4all.nl
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On 2017-04-19 09:48, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 4/19/2017 12:31 AM, vinny wrote:
>> Given the number of records, my first thought was either partitioning
>> or partial-indexes.
>> The fewer rows are in the index, the quicker it will be to check,
>> and it's not a lot of work to create separate indexes for lat/long
>> ranges or dates.
>
> that only works if the planner can figure out which partitions to use
> in advance, otherwise it ends up having to scan all the partitions.
>
>
> --
> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

True, but then again, the proposed queries are quite straight-forward
so I don't expect that to be a problem, really.

Worth a test, if only to see if it helps.

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