Re: Strangely Variable Query Performance

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Steve <cheetah(at)tanabi(dot)org>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Strangely Variable Query Performance
Date: 2007-04-12 23:29:09
Message-ID: 10067.1176420549@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Steve <cheetah(at)tanabi(dot)org> writes:
> Here's my planner parameters:

I copied all these, and my 8.2.x still likes the bitmap scan a lot
better than the seqscan. Furthermore, I double-checked the CVS history
and there definitely haven't been any changes in that area in REL8_2
branch since 8.2.3. So I'm a bit baffled. Maybe the misbehavior is
platform-specific ... what are you on exactly? Is there anything
nonstandard about your Postgres installation?

regards, tom lane

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