Re: TB-sized databases

Ron Mayer wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> writes:
>>> Would another possible condition for considering
>>> Cartesian joins be be:
>>> * Consider Cartesian joins when a unique constraint can prove
>>> that at most one row will be pulled from one of the tables
>>> that would be part of this join?
>>
>> What for? That would still lead us to consider large numbers of totally
>> useless joins.
>
> Often I get order-of-magnitude better queries by forcing the cartesian
> join even without multi-column indexes.

Ah - and sometimes even 2 order of magnitude improvements.

1.1 seconds with Cartesian join, 200 seconds if it
doesn't use it.

logs=# explain analyze select * from fact natural join (select * from d_ref natural join d_uag where ref_host = 'www.real.com' and ref_path = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html' and ref_query = '?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV=' and useragent = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)' offset 0 ) as a;
QUERY PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nested Loop (cost=6465.12..7575.91 rows=367 width=2096) (actual time=1118.741..1119.207 rows=122 loops=1)
-> Limit (cost=0.00..14.22 rows=1 width=218) (actual time=0.526..0.542 rows=1 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..14.22 rows=1 width=218) (actual time=0.524..0.537 rows=1 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using i_ref__val on d_ref (cost=0.00..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.168..0.170 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: (((ref_path)::text = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html'::text) AND ((ref_host)::text = 'www.real.com'::text) AND ((ref_query)::text = '?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='::text))
-> Index Scan using i_uag__val on d_uag (cost=0.00..6.38 rows=1 width=91) (actual time=0.347..0.355 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: ((useragent)::text = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)'::text)
-> Bitmap Heap Scan on fact (cost=6465.12..7556.18 rows=367 width=32) (actual time=1118.196..1118.491 rows=122 loops=1)
Recheck Cond: ((fact.uag_id = a.uag_id) AND (fact.ref_id = a.ref_id))
-> BitmapAnd (cost=6465.12..6465.12 rows=367 width=0) (actual time=1115.565..1115.565 rows=0 loops=1)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__uag_id (cost=0.00..2770.83 rows=196223 width=0) (actual time=813.859..813.859 rows=1183470 loops=1)
Index Cond: (fact.uag_id = a.uag_id)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__ref_id (cost=0.00..3581.50 rows=253913 width=0) (actual time=8.667..8.667 rows=13751 loops=1)
Index Cond: (fact.ref_id = a.ref_id)
Total runtime: 1122.245 ms
(15 rows)

logs=# explain analyze select * from fact natural join (select * from d_ref natural join d_uag where ref_host = 'www.real.com' and ref_path = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html' and ref_query = '?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV=' and useragent = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)' ) as a;
QUERY PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hash Join (cost=2827.72..398919.05 rows=1 width=242) (actual time=114138.193..200622.416 rows=122 loops=1)
Hash Cond: (fact.ref_id = d_ref.ref_id)
-> Nested Loop (cost=2819.88..398908.65 rows=511 width=119) (actual time=1524.600..199522.182 rows=1183470 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using i_uag__val on d_uag (cost=0.00..6.38 rows=1 width=91) (actual time=0.023..0.033 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: ((useragent)::text = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)'::text)
-> Bitmap Heap Scan on fact (cost=2819.88..396449.49 rows=196223 width=32) (actual time=1524.562..197627.135 rows=1183470 loops=1)
Recheck Cond: (fact.uag_id = d_uag.uag_id)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__uag_id (cost=0.00..2770.83 rows=196223 width=0) (actual time=758.888..758.888 rows=1183470 loops=1)
Index Cond: (fact.uag_id = d_uag.uag_id)
-> Hash (cost=7.83..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.067..0.067 rows=1 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using i_ref__val on d_ref (cost=0.00..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.058..0.060 rows=1 loops=1)
Index Cond: (((ref_path)::text = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html'::text) AND ((ref_host)::text = 'www.real.com'::text) AND ((ref_query)::text = '?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='::text))
Total runtime: 200625.636 ms
(13 rows)

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