Re: query planner weirdness?

From: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: query planner weirdness?
Date: 2008-06-28 16:39:14
Message-ID: 93BE1FE6-8054-455F-81BD-B843507EF6B1@blighty.com
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On Jun 28, 2008, at 12:53 AM, Bob Duffey wrote:
>
> If you're iterating through the records with a cursor, the plan may
> be different, IIRC - weighted to provide first row quickly, as opposed
> to the query that was run that's weighted to provide last row quickly.
>
> I agree, and I was hoping that would be the case, but as it happens
> it wasn't. Anyway, reducing random_page_cost seems to have resulted
> in the "right" plan being selected.
>

The original query you mentioned was not using a cursor, though, it
was just a select.

Did you try it using a cursor?

Cheers,
Steve

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