Francisco J Reyes <fran@natserv.net> writes:
> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..21773591.67 rows=456 width=51) (actual time=463.34..737215.23
rows=1591loops=1)
> Join Filter: ("outer".ppl_key = "inner".ppl_key)
> -> Index Scan using people_pplkey on people pe (cost=0.00..2991.02 rows=2234 width=8)
(actualtime=0.19..397.73 rows=1591 loops=1)
> Filter: (("type" = 'j'::bpchar) AND (jt_id = 0))
> -> Seq Scan on pplkeys ppl (cost=0.00..8929.70 rows=65324 width=43) (actual
time=0.06..421.59rows=6770 loops=1591)
> Filter: ("type" = 'j'::bpchar)
Seems the main problem is this innermost join --- it's using the
stupidest possible form of join. At the very least you'd like it
to use an index on pplkeys. Are people.ppl_key and pplkeys.ppl_key
the same datatype? Does the latter have an index?
regards, tom lane
