-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:35:08 -0400 "Chris Kratz" <chris.kratz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 - -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL political pundit | Mocker of Dolphins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH3+TlATb/zqfZUUQRAmXUAKCjwidfW0KXjzUM26I4yTx94/wSiQCfaqWU eI9i5yucBH718okW3w2UewQ= =BO3E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)To make changes to your subscription:http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance