> Hello postgres wizards, > > We recently upgraded from 8.1.5 to 8.4 > We have a query (slow_query.sql) which took about 9s on 8.1.5 > On 8.4, the same query takes 17.7 minutes. > > The code which generated this query is written to support the > calculation of arbitrary arithmetic expressions across "variables" and > "data" within our application. The example query is a sum of three > "variables", but please note that because the code supports arbitrary > arithmetic, we do not use an aggregate function like sum() > > We have collected as much information as we could and zipped it up here: > > http://pgsql.privatepaste.com/download/a3SdI8j2km > > Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions you may have, > Jared Beck Tom Lane already replied, so I'm posting just parsed explain plans - I've created that before noticing the reply, and I think it might be useful. good (8.1): http://explain.depesz.com/s/1dT bad (8.4): http://explain.depesz.com/s/seT As you can see, the real problem is the 'index scan / sort'. regards Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance