Re: General query optimization howto

From: Miroslav Šulc <miroslav(dot)sulc(at)startnet(dot)cz>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PGSQL mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: General query optimization howto
Date: 2005-03-13 13:57:53
Message-ID: 423446E1.1020804@startnet.cz
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>Miroslav Šulc wrote:
>
>
>>is there on the net any general howto on SQL query optimizations? We
>>have recently moved our project from MySQL to PostgreSQL and are
>>having problem with one of our queries.
>>
>>
>
>I doubt that there is a generic documentation on SQL optimization,
>because this heavily depends on the particular implementation that you
>are using.
>
>
>
>>The EXPLAIN command is surely
>>useful but I don't know how to read it and how to use the output to
>>optimize the query so I'm looking for some intro that could help me.
>>
>>
>
>You should probably start with the Performance Tips chapter in the
>PostgreSQL documentation.
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>
I've read that one. Sure it is good starting point but for a newbie (=
me) it's not enough :-(

Miroslav Šulc

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