Re: query has huge variance in execution times

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On 03/31/2010 12:37 AM, David Wilson [david.t.wilson@xxxxxxxxx] wrote:
These won't necessarily get the same plan. If you want to see what plan
the prepared query is getting, you'll need to prepare it ("prepare foo
as <query>") and then explain *that* via "explain execute foo".

The prepared version likely has a much more generic plan, whereas the
regular query gets optimized for the actual values provided.

I didn't know this. Thanks. The plans are indeed different:

cemdb=# prepare sq as select b.ts_id from ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily b, ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval c where b.ts_transet_incarnation_id = c.ts_transet_incarnation_id and b.ts_tranunit_id = c.ts_tranunit_id and b.ts_user_incarnation_id = c.ts_user_incarnation_id and c.ts_interval_start_time >= $1 and c.ts_interval_start_time < $2 and b.ts_interval_start_time >= $3 and b.ts_interval_start_time < $4; cemdb=# explain execute sq('2010-3-29 01:00', '2010-3-29 02:00', '2010-3-29', '2010-3-30'); QUERY PLAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Merge Join  (cost=7885.37..8085.91 rows=30 width=8)
Merge Cond: ((b.ts_transet_incarnation_id = c.ts_transet_incarnation_id) AND (b.ts_tranunit_id = c.ts_tranunit_id) AND (b.ts_user_incarnation_id = c.ts_user_incarnation_id))
   ->  Sort  (cost=1711.82..1716.81 rows=3994 width=32)
Sort Key: b.ts_transet_incarnation_id, b.ts_tranunit_id, b.ts_user_incarnation_id -> Index Scan using ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily_starttime on ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily b (cost=0.00..1592.36 rows=3994 width=32) Index Cond: ((ts_interval_start_time >= $3) AND (ts_interval_start_time < $4))

cemdb=# explain select b.ts_id from ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily b, ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval c where b.ts_transet_incarnation_id = c.ts_transet_incarnation_id and b.ts_tranunit_id = c.ts_tranunit_id and b.ts_user_incarnation_id = c.ts_user_incarnation_id and c.ts_interval_start_time >= '2010-3-29 01:00' and c.ts_interval_start_time < '2010-3-29 02:00' and b.ts_interval_start_time >= '2010-3-29' and b.ts_interval_start_time < '2010-3-30';

                   QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hash Join  (cost=291965.90..335021.46 rows=13146 width=8)
Hash Cond: ((c.ts_transet_incarnation_id = b.ts_transet_incarnation_id) AND (c.ts_tranunit_id = b.ts_tranunit_id) AND (c.ts_user_incarnation_id = b.ts_user_incarnation_id)) -> Index Scan using ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval_starttime on ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval c (cost=0.00..11783.36 rows=88529 width=24) Index Cond: ((ts_interval_start_time >= '2010-03-29 01:00:00-07'::timestamp with time zone) AND (ts_interval_start_time < '2010-03-29 02:00:00-07'::timestamp with time zone))
   ->  Hash  (cost=285681.32..285681.32 rows=718238 width=32)
-> Index Scan using ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily_starttime on ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily b (cost=0.00..285681.32 rows=718238 width=32) Index Cond: ((ts_interval_start_time >= '2010-03-29 00:00:00-07'::timestamp with time zone) AND (ts_interval_start_time < '2010-03-30 00:00:00-07'::timestamp with time zone))
(7 rows)

   ->  Sort  (cost=6173.55..6218.65 rows=36085 width=24)
Sort Key: c.ts_transet_incarnation_id, c.ts_tranunit_id, c.ts_user_incarnation_id -> Index Scan using ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval_starttime on ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval c (cost=0.00..4807.81 rows=36085 width=24) Index Cond: ((ts_interval_start_time >= $1) AND (ts_interval_start_time < $2))
(10 rows)

I notice that the row estimates are substantially different; this is due to the lack of actual values?

But, this prepared query runs in ~4 secs:

[root@rdl64xeoserv01 log]# cat /tmp/select.sql
prepare sq as select b.ts_id from ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily b, ts_stats_tranunit_user_interval c where b.ts_transet_incarnation_id = c.ts_transet_incarnation_id and b.ts_tranunit_id = c.ts_tranunit_id and b.ts_user_incarnation_id = c.ts_user_incarnation_id and c.ts_interval_start_time >= $1 and c.ts_interval_start_time < $2 and b.ts_interval_start_time >= $3 and b.ts_interval_start_time < $4;
execute sq('2010-3-29 01:00', '2010-3-29 02:00', '2010-3-29', '2010-3-30

[root@rdl64xeoserv01 log]# time PGPASSWORD=quality psql -U postgres -d cemdb -f /tmp/select.sql > /tmp/select1.txt 2>&1
real    0m4.131s
user    0m0.119s
sys     0m0.007s

so the question still remains: why did it take > 20 mins? To see if it was due to autovacuum running ANALYZE, I turned off autovacuum, created a table using SELECT * INTO temp FROM ts_stats_tranunit_user_daily, added the index on ts_interval_start_time and ran the prepared query with temp, but the query completed in a few secs.

Brian


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