Re: postgres 7.4 at 100% - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Chris Cheston
Subject Re: postgres 7.4 at 100%
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Msg-id e071108e040630001973bb802e@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: postgres 7.4 at 100%  ("Gavin M. Roy" <gmr@ehpg.net>)
Responses Re: postgres 7.4 at 100%  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Oh my, creating an index has absolutely reduced the times it takes to
query from around 700 ms to less than 1 ms!

Thanks so much for all your help.  You've saved me!

One question:

Why would I or would I not create multiple indexes in a table? I
created another index in the same table an it's improved performance
even more.

Thanks,
Chris

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:03:24 -0700, Gavin M. Roy <gmr@ehpg.net> wrote:
>
> Is the from field nullable?  If not, try "create index calllogs_from on
> calllogs ( from );" and then do an explain analyze of your query.
>
> Gavin
>
>
>
> Chris Cheston wrote:
>
> >ok i just vacuumed it and it's taking slightly longer now to execute
> >(only about 8 ms longer, to around 701 ms).
> >
> >Not using indexes for calllogs(from)... should I?  The values for
> >calllogs(from) are not unique (sorry if I'm misunderstanding your
> >point).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:21:01 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne
> ><chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>live=# explain analyze SELECT id FROM calllogs WHERE from = 'you';
> >>>                                                QUERY PLAN
> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Seq Scan on calllogs  (cost=0.00..136.11 rows=24 width=4) (actual
> >>>time=0.30..574.72 rows=143485 loops=1)
> >>>   Filter: (from = 'you'::character varying)
> >>> Total runtime: 676.24 msec
> >>>(3 rows)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Have you got an index on calllogs(from)?
> >>
> >>Have you vacuumed and analyzed that table recently?
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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