Re: Wrong plan sequential scan instead of an index one - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Gaetano Mendola wrote:
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> Hi all, take a look at those plans:
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> test=# explain analyze SELECT COUNT(id) FROM t_oa_2_00_card WHERE
> pvcp in (select id from l_pvcp where value ilike '%pi%');

> ->  Hash IN Join  (cost=2.22..153835.49 rows=177404 width=8) (actual
> time=2.908..4001.814 rows=7801 loops=1) Hash Cond: ("outer".pvcp =
> "inner".id)

> Isn't too much choose a sequential scan due to 19 estimated rows when
> with 4 estimated does a correct index scan ?

I don't think it's the matches on l_pvcp that's the problem, it's the
fact that it thinks its getting 177404 rows matching the IN.

Now, why 19 rows from the subquery should produce such a large estimate
in the outer query I'm not sure. Any strange distribution of values on pvcp?

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