On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 13:50, Yudie Gunawan wrote:
> > Hold on, let's diagnose the real problem before we look for solutions.
> > What does explain <query> tell you? Have you analyzed the database?
>
>
> This is the QUERY PLAN
> Hash Left Join (cost=25.00..412868.31 rows=4979686 width=17)
> Hash Cond: (("outer".groupnum = "inner".groupnum) AND
> (("outer".sku)::text = ("inner".sku)::text))
> Filter: (("inner".url IS NULL) OR (("inner".url)::text = ''::text))
> -> Seq Scan on prdt_old mc (cost=0.00..288349.86 rows=4979686 width=17)
> -> Hash (cost=20.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=78)
> -> Seq Scan on prdt_new mi (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=78)
>
>
> > What are your postgresql.conf settings?
>
> What suspected specific setting need to be changed?
sort_mem also known as work_mem (in 8.0)
Also, this is important, have you anayzed the table? I'm guessing no,
since the estimates are 1,000 rows, but the has join is getting a little
bit more than that. :)
Analyze your database and then run the query again.
