Kovacs Zoltan writes:
> There seems to be an optimizer problem in 7.1beta3. The query you can see
> below worked fast in 7.0.2 but in 7.1beta3 is rather slow. The problem is
> that an 'index scan' has been changed to a 'seq scan'. Details:
> Subquery Scan sd_user_grant (cost=38.68..38.85 rows=1 width=61)
> -> Aggregate (cost=38.68..38.85 rows=1 width=61)
> -> Group (cost=38.68..38.73 rows=10 width=61)
> -> Sort (cost=38.68..38.68 rows=10 width=61)
> -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..38.51 rows=10 width=61)
> -> Seq Scan on pg_shadow (cost=0.00..1.01 rows=1 width=32)
> -> Seq Scan on sd_grant (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=29)
You haven't VACUUM ANALYZE'd the sd_grant table. Therefore the row
estimate is way off (1000 vs 6) and thus a sequential scan is (correctly)
thought to be faster.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/