Cory Coager wrote: > I'm running version 8.1.11 on SLES 10 SP2. I'm trying to improve this > query and unfortunately I cannot change the application. For some > reason the planner is making a bad decision sometimes after an analyze > of table objectcustomfieldvalues. > > The query is: > SELECT DISTINCT main.* FROM Tickets main JOIN CustomFields > CustomFields_1 ON ( CustomFields_1.Name = 'QA Origin' ) JOIN > CustomFields CustomFields_3 ON (CustomFields_3.Name = 'QA Group Code' ) > JOIN ObjectCustomFieldValues ObjectCustomFieldValues_4 ON > (ObjectCustomFieldValues_4.ObjectId = main.id ) AND ( > ObjectCustomFieldValues_4.Disabled = '0' ) AND > (ObjectCustomFieldValues_4.ObjectType = 'RT::Ticket' ) AND ( > ObjectCustomFieldValues_4.CustomField = CustomFields_3.id ) JOIN > ObjectCustomFieldValues ObjectCustomFieldValues_2 ON ( > ObjectCustomFieldValues_2.Disabled = '0' ) AND > (ObjectCustomFieldValues_2.ObjectId = main.id ) AND ( > ObjectCustomFieldValues_2.CustomField = CustomFields_1.id ) AND > (ObjectCustomFieldValues_2.ObjectType = 'RT::Ticket' ) WHERE > (main.Status != 'deleted') AND (main.Queue = '60' AND > ObjectCustomFieldValues_2.Content LIKE '%Patient Sat Survey%' AND > ObjectCustomFieldValues_4.Content LIKE'%MOT%') AND (main.EffectiveId = > main.id) AND (main.Type = 'ticket') ORDER BY main.id ASC; > > Hello Just in case you want this information. Our RT installation running on 8.3.6 / RHEL4 and with default_statistics_target=100 gives us this query plan: Unique (cost=1360.05..1360.12 rows=1 width=161) (actual time=2141.834..2141.834 rows=0 loops=1) -> Sort (cost=1360.05..1360.06 rows=1 width=161) (actual time=2141.831..2141.831 rows=0 loops=1) Sort Key: main.effectiveid, main.issuestatement, main.resolution, main.owner, main.subject, main.initialpriority, main.finalpriority, main.priority, main.timeestimated, main.timeworked, main.status, main.timeleft, main.told, main.starts, main.started, main.due, main.resolved, main.lastupdatedby, main.lastupdated, main.creator, main.created, main.disabled Sort Method: quicksort Memory: 25kB -> Nested Loop (cost=14.14..1360.04 rows=1 width=161) (actual time=2141.724..2141.724 rows=0 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=14.14..1358.09 rows=1 width=165) (actual time=2141.717..2141.717 rows=0 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=14.14..1356.14 rows=1 width=169) (actual time=2141.715..2141.715 rows=0 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=14.14..1348.69 rows=1 width=169) (actual time=2141.711..2141.711 rows=0 loops=1) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on tickets main (cost=14.14..1333.78 rows=2 width=161) (actual time=0.906..26.413 rows=1046 loops=1) Recheck Cond: (queue = 60) Filter: (((status)::text <> 'deleted'::text) AND (effectiveid = id) AND ((type)::text = 'ticket'::text)) -> Bitmap Index Scan on tickets1 (cost=0.00..14.14 rows=781 width=0) (actual time=0.662..0.662 rows=1188 loops=1) Index Cond: (queue = 60) -> Index Scan using objectcustomfieldvalues3 on objectcustomfieldvalues objectcustomfieldvalues_2 (cost=0.00..7.44 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=2.017..2.017 rows=0 loops=1046) Index Cond: ((objectcustomfieldvalues_2.disabled = 0) AND (objectcustomfieldvalues_2.objectid = main.effectiveid) AND ((objectcustomfieldvalues_2.objecttype)::text = 'RT::Ticket'::text)) Filter: ((objectcustomfieldvalues_2.content)::text ~~ '%Patient Sat Survey%'::text) -> Index Scan using objectcustomfieldvalues3 on objectcustomfieldvalues objectcustomfieldvalues_4 (cost=0.00..7.44 rows=1 width=8) (never executed) Index Cond: ((objectcustomfieldvalues_4.disabled = 0) AND (objectcustomfieldvalues_4.objectid = main.effectiveid) AND ((objectcustomfieldvalues_4.objecttype)::text = 'RT::Ticket'::text)) Filter: ((objectcustomfieldvalues_4.content)::text ~~ '%MOT%'::text) -> Index Scan using customfields_pkey on customfields customfields_3 (cost=0.00..1.94 rows=1 width=4) (never executed) Index Cond: (customfields_3.id = objectcustomfieldvalues_4.customfield) Filter: ((customfields_3.name)::text = 'QA Group Code'::text) -> Index Scan using customfields_pkey on customfields customfields_1 (cost=0.00..1.94 rows=1 width=4) (never executed) Index Cond: (customfields_1.id = objectcustomfieldvalues_2.customfield) Filter: ((customfields_1.name)::text = 'QA Origin'::text) Total runtime: 2142.347 ms (26 rows) -- Rafael Martinez, <r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx> Center for Information Technology Services University of Oslo, Norway PGP Public Key: http://folk.uio.no/rafael/ -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance