Re: Scrub one large table against another

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 05:46:18PM -0600, Brendan Curran wrote:
>
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
> >Brendan Curran <brendan(dot)curran(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >>Tom Lane wrote:
> >>>Have you tried doing EXPLAIN ANALYZE of each of the INSERT/DELETE steps?
> >
> >>FIRST INSERT (Just the select is explained):
> >
> >EXPLAIN ANALYZE, please, not just EXPLAIN.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
>
> Sorry, here is the EXPLAIN ANALYZE output of that first SELECT
>
> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT email_record_id from ONLY email_record er
> WHERE email_list_id = 13 AND email IN
> (select email from suppress);
>
> Hash Join (cost=8359220.68..9129843.00 rows=800912 width=8) (actual
> time=2121601.603..2121601.603 rows=0 loops=1)
> Hash Cond: (("outer".email)::text = ("inner".email)::text)
> -> Unique (cost=4414093.19..4522324.49 rows=21646260 width=25)
> (actual time=1165955.907..1434439.731 rows=21646261 loops=1)
> -> Sort (cost=4414093.19..4468208.84 rows=21646260 width=25)
> (actual time=1165955.903..1384667.715 rows=21646261 loops=1)
> Sort Key: suppress.email
> -> Seq Scan on suppress (cost=0.00..393024.60
> rows=21646260 width=25) (actual time=37.784..609848.551 rows=21646261
> loops=1)
> -> Hash (cost=3899868.47..3899868.47 rows=4606808 width=32) (actual
> time=554522.983..554522.983 rows=3245336 loops=1)
> -> Bitmap Heap Scan on email_record er
> (cost=38464.83..3899868.47 rows=4606808 width=32) (actual
> time=275640.435..541342.727 rows=3245336 loops=1)
> Recheck Cond: (email_list_id = 13)
> -> Bitmap Index Scan on list (cost=0.00..38464.83
> rows=4606808 width=0) (actual time=275102.037..275102.037 rows=5172979
> loops=1)
> Index Cond: (email_list_id = 13)
> Total runtime: 2122693.864 ms
>
>
> So much time is being spent in the Unique and Sort leaves... I would
> think that it wouldn't need to do the unique portion, since there is no
> DISTINCT clause...

I think that's coming about because of the IN. Try a simple join
instead...

SELECT email_record_id FROM ONLY email_record er JOIN suppress s USING
(email) WHERE er.email_list_id = 13;
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