Re: General query optimization howto - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Miroslav Šulc
Subject Re: General query optimization howto
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Msg-id 423446E1.1020804@startnet.cz
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In response to Re: General query optimization howto  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>Miroslav Šulc wrote:
>
>
>>is there on the net any general howto on SQL query optimizations? We
>>have recently moved our project from MySQL to PostgreSQL and are
>>having problem with one of our queries.
>>
>>
>
>I doubt that there is a generic documentation on SQL optimization,
>because this heavily depends on the particular implementation that you
>are using.
>
>
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>>The EXPLAIN command is surely
>>useful but I don't know how to read it and how to use the output to
>>optimize the query so I'm looking for some intro that could help me.
>>
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>You should probably start with the Performance Tips chapter in the
>PostgreSQL documentation.
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>
>
I've read that one. Sure it is good starting point but for a newbie (=
me) it's not enough :-(

Miroslav Šulc

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