>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@gmail.com> writes: Alexander> With the further help of the IRC folks the query has been Alexander> optimized (7-10 seconds -> 0.3 second)
0.3 MILLIseconds, actually.
(You chanced not to catch me around on IRC, but I see that didn't matter.)
it is amazing to see how the query I got used to be so slow in the past months is suddenly returning so quickly.
Yes, I figured I have missed you on the IRC yesterday, but the advice to go there (haven't used it for 20 years) has been very helpful anyway.
Alexander> CREATE INDEX ON words_moves (gid, played DESC); Alexander> CREATE INDEX ON words_social (uid, stamp DESC);
I'm not a big fan of using DESC on indexes; it's almost never needed, because any btree index can be scanned in reverse. (You only actually need it if you're mixing ASC/DESC orderings in an ORDER BY and want an index that matches it.)
Ok good to know, I will remove the DESC from the indices.
