Re: AW: [HACKERS] Really slow query on 6.4.2

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: geek+(at)cmu(dot)edu
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Really slow query on 6.4.2
Date: 1999-03-29 18:37:12
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.05.9903291436280.6652-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On 25 Mar 1999 geek+(at)cmu(dot)edu wrote:

> Then <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> spoke up and said:
> > I'm not convinced that accurate stats are worth that cost, but I don't
> > know how big the cost would be anyway. Anyone have a feel for it?
>
> They are definitely *not* worth the cost. Especially since no table
> will have the default 0 rows entry after a single vacuum analyze of
> that table. Let's be honest: if you aren't interested in doing a
> vacuum, then really aren't interested in performance, anyway.

What I personally am not interested in is having to spend 20 minute per
day with a totally locked up database because I want my queries to be
faster, when there are other ways of doing it...

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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