Show the query and maybe someone could help :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Barnett" <nbarnett@cellularphones.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 2:33 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Sort
> I'm currently using v7.0.2 of PostgreSQL.
>
> I have a query that performs a group by on three columns. The EXPLAIN of
> the query is as follows:
>
> Aggregate (cost=4116.05..4125.47 rows=94 width=24)
> -> Group (cost=4116.05..4123.12 rows=942 width=24)
> -> Sort (cost=4116.05..4116.05 rows=942 width=24)
> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..4069.52 rows=942 width=24)
> -> Seq Scan on click (cost=0.00..15.42 rows=942
> width=8)
> -> Index Scan using impression_pkey on impression
> (cost=0.00..4.29 rows=1 width=16)
>
> I need to speed up this query. I have already created an index on the
three
> columns query_idx(columna, columnb,columnc). Is there some other index
that
> I could add which would speed up the query. There is a high frequency in
> the table of each group. Each group probably makes up 10% of the table.
> Does this force a sequence scan when sorting and grouping? Basically just
> looking for suggestions.
>
>
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> Nathan Barnett
>
>
