Trying to optimize the Elapsed Time (ET) of this query. Currently, it is hovering around 3 hrs.
Running a 'vaccum analyse' had no effect on ET. Even forcing an 'indexonly' scan by disabling 'enable_seqscan', still around the 3 hrs.
The table is around 4.6B rows,
explain select cit_id, cl_value from reflink.citation_locators where cl_value = '1507617681' and vclf_number = 1 ;
QUERY PLAN
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Bitmap Heap Scan on citation_locators (cost=5066559.01..50999084.79 rows=133 width=23)
Recheck Cond: (vclf_number = 1)
Filter: (cl_value = '1507617681'::text)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on cl_indx_fk02 (cost=0.00..5066558.97 rows=493984719 width=0)
Index Cond: (vclf_number = 1)
(5 rows)
reflink.citation_locators Table "reflink.citation_locators" Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage | Stats target | Description
------------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------+-------------cl_id | bigint | not null | plain | | cl_value | text | not null | extended | | vclf_number | integer | not null | plain | | cit_id | bigint | not null | plain | | cl_date_created | timestamp with time zone | not null | plain | | cl_date_modified | timestamp with time zone | | plain | |
Indexes: "cl_pk" PRIMARY KEY, btree (cl_id) "cl_cnst_uk01" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (cit_id, vclf_number, cl_value) "cl_indx_fk01" btree (cit_id) "cl_indx_fk02" btree (vclf_number)
Foreign-key constraints: "cl_cnst_fk01" FOREIGN KEY (cit_id) REFERENCES citations(cit_id) NOT VALID "cl_cnst_fk02" FOREIGN KEY (vclf_number) REFERENCES valid_cit_locator_fields(vclf_number)