Re: Learning to read explain

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Francisco Reyes <lists(at)natserv(dot)com>
Cc: Rob Arnold <rob(at)cabrion(dot)com>, Pgsql Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Learning to read explain
Date: 2001-11-30 23:16:01
Message-ID: 11832.1007162161@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Francisco Reyes <lists(at)natserv(dot)com> writes:
> It seems a common issue for newbies, yet I don't see any docs on the
> subject. Maybe there are, I just don't know where they are.

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/performance-tips.html

There is a slightly improved (IMHO) writeup in the 7.2 docs,
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/performance-tips.html
but this also talks about features like EXPLAIN ANALYZE that don't
exist in 7.1 ...

regards, tom lane

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