Markus Schulz 11/24/10 1:02 PM >>> > if i set "from_collapse_limit" (to merge the views) and > join_collapse_limit (to explode the explicit joins) high enough > (approx 32), all is fine (good performance). But other queries are > really slow in our environment (therefore it's no option to raise > the join_collapse_limit to a higher value) > > With defaults (8) for both, the performance is ugly One option would be to create a different user for running queries which read from complex views such as this. postgres=# create user bob; CREATE ROLE postgres=# alter user bob set from_collapse_limit = 40; ALTER ROLE postgres=# alter user bob set join_collapse_limit = 40; ALTER ROLE Log in as bob, and your queries should run fine. Nothing leapt out at me as an issue in your postgresql.conf except: max_prepared_transactions = 20 Do you actually use prepared transactions? (Sometimes people confuse this with prepared statements, which are a completely different feature.) -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance