Re: performance question (something to do w/ parameterized

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey(dot)tenny(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: performance question (something to do w/ parameterized
Date: 2006-05-08 20:49:58
Message-ID: 29684.1147121398@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeffrey Tenny <jeffrey(dot)tenny(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
> I dropped the multicolumn index 'testindex2', and a new explain analyze
> looks like this:

> Sort (cost=35730.71..35768.28 rows=1503 width=16) (actual
> time=962.555..964.467 rows=677 loops=1)
> Sort Key: f, c
> -> Seq Scan on x (cost=0.00..34937.60 rows=1503 width=16) (actual
> time=5.449..956.594 rows=677 loops=1)
> Filter: ((f = 1) OR (f = 2) OR (f = 3) ...

> Turning on the server debugging again, I got roughly identical
> query times with and without the two column index.

That's good, actually, seeing that the planner thinks they're close to
the same speed too. Now try "set enable_seqscan = off" to see if you
can force the multi-index-scan plan to be chosen, and see how that does.

regards, tom lane

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