Re: two queryes in a single tablescan

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Stefano Dal Pra <s(dot)dalpra(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: two queryes in a single tablescan
Date: 2007-10-17 13:39:50
Message-ID: 471610A6.7070505@enterprisedb.com
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Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 02:30:52PM +0200, Stefano Dal Pra wrote:
>> The main goal would be to get multiple results while scanning the
>> table[s] once only
>> thus getting results in a faster way.
>
> In 8.3, Postgres will do this for you itself -- if you already have a
> sequential scan running against a given table, another one starting in
> parallel will simply piggyback it.

You'd have to run the seq scans at the same time, from two different
backends, so it's not going to help here.

--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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