Re: Wrong plan sequential scan instead of an index one

Gaetano Mendola wrote:
>
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>>
>> Now, why 19 rows from the subquery should produce such a large estimate
>> in the outer query I'm not sure. Any strange distribution of values on
>> pvcp?
>
> I don't know what do you mean for strange, this is the distribution:
>
> test=# select count(*) from t_oa_2_00_card;
> count
> - --------
> 877682
> (1 row)
>
> test=# select count(*), pvcp from t_oa_2_00_card group by pvcp;
> count | pvcp
> - -------+------
> (92 rows)
>
>
> I think that estimate is something like: 877682 / 92 * 19

So if you actually had 19 matches for '%pi%' it might be a sensible plan
then. I'm afraid I don't know of any way to improve PG's prediction on
how many matches you'll get for a substring pattern though.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd