On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Dimi Paun <dimi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Two very quick points: > tts_server_db=# explain analyze select location, max(creationTS) from tagrecord group by location; > QUERY PLAN > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > HashAggregate (cost=5330.53..5330.55 rows=2 width=18) (actual time=286.161..286.165 rows=3 loops=1) > -> Seq Scan on tagrecord (cost=0.00..4771.35 rows=111835 width=18) (actual time=0.059..119.828 rows=111739 loops=1) > Total runtime: 286.222 ms Most of your run time is the hashaggregate running, not the seq scan > BTW, I am using postgresql-server-8.1.22-1.el5_5.1 As another poster observed, you're running an ancient version of pgsql from a performance perspective. Upgrading to 8.4 or 9.0 would make a huge difference in overall performance, not just with one or two queries. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
