Re: Forcing the use of particular execution plans

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: Dave Dutcher <dave(at)tridecap(dot)com>
Cc: 'Tim Truman' <tim(at)advam(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Forcing the use of particular execution plans
Date: 2006-09-27 20:13:50
Message-ID: 20060927201350.GS19827@nasby.net
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:51:26AM -0500, Dave Dutcher wrote:
> To make the planner prefer an index scan over a seq scan, I would first
> check the statistics again, and then you can try setting enable_seqscan to
> false (enable_seqscan is meant more for testing than production) or, you
> could try reducing random_page_cost, but you should test that against a
> range of queries before putting it in production.

Index scans are also pretty picky about correlation. If you have really
low correlation you don't want to index scan, but I think our current
estimates make it too eager to switch to a seqscan.
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Jim Nasby jim(at)nasby(dot)net
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)

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