Re: Unexpected query plan results - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Dave Dutcher
Subject Re: Unexpected query plan results
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Msg-id 24448D36F8754ECEB66FC54EB9641623@tridecap.com
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In response to Re: Unexpected query plan results  (Anne Rosset <arosset@collab.net>)
Responses Re: Unexpected query plan results
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Rosset
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Unexpected query plan results
>
> >>
> >>SELECT SUM(1) FROM item WHERE is_deleted = 'f'; sum
> --------- 1824592
> >>(1
> >>row)
> >>SELECT SUM(1) FROM item WHERE folder_id = 'tracker3641
> >></sf/sfmain/do/go/tracker3641?returnUrlKey=1243878161701>'; sum
> >>--------
> >>122412 (1 row)
> >>SELECT SUM(1) FROM item WHERE folder_id = 'tracker3641
> >></sf/sfmain/do/go/tracker3641?returnUrlKey=1243878161701>' AND
> >>is_deleted = 'f'; sum ----- 71 (1 row) SELECT SUM(1) FROM
> item WHERE
> >>folder_id = 'tracker3641
> >></sf/sfmain/do/go/tracker3641?returnUrlKey=1243878161701>' AND
> >>is_deleted = 't'; sum -------- 122341 (1 row)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Something's not right here.  If the whole table has only
> 468173 rows,
> >you can't have 1.8 million deleted rows where is_deleted = false.
> >
> >...Robert
> >
> >
> The item table has 2324829 rows
> The artifact table has 468173 rows.
> Thanks,
> Anne

I'd been thinking about the sort, but I hadn't thought yet if that index
scan on item could be made faster.  Could you post the table definition of
item including the indexes on it?

Dave





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