Re: Planner mis-estimation using nested loops followup

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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:35:08 -0400
"Chris Kratz" <chris(dot)kratz(at)vistashare(dot)com> wrote:

> Nondefault settings of interest from postgresql.conf
>
>
> shared_buffers = 1024MB # min 128kB or
> max_connections*16kB work_mem = 256MB
> # min 64kB maintenance_work_mem = 256MB # min 1MB
> random_page_cost = 1.75 # same scale as above
> effective_cache_size = 4096MB
> default_statistics_target = 100 # range 1-1000
>
>
> If nothing else, perhaps this will help somebody else who has run
> into the same problem. If explain analyze of a query shows a large
> mis-estimation of rows returned on a join (estimate=1, actual=2k)
> causing the planner to choose nested loops instead of another join
> type, you might try running the query with nested loops set to off
> and see if that helps w/ performance.

Did you try that? Did it work?

Joshua D. Drake

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