Re: SELECT * FROM <table> LIMIT 1; is really slow

From: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, David Blasby <dblasby(at)refractions(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SELECT * FROM <table> LIMIT 1; is really slow
Date: 2004-06-01 12:39:13
Message-ID: l7tob0911ft6s9loht80thbo7tk1118iv6@email.aon.at
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:47:01 -0400, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>If putting back xmax is the price we must pay for nested transactions,
>then we *will* pay that price. Maybe not in this release, but it will
>inevitably happen.

"we" = every Postgres user, even those that do not use subtransactions.

"price" = 2% to 5% performance loss for databases where the working set
is larger than main memory.

>Don't bother hollering "veto" ;-)

Ok, I'll shut up till I have something concrete to support my opinion.

Servus
Manfred

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