pg_dw=# set enable_nestloop =0; SET Time: 0.165 ms pg_dw=# explain CREATE TABLE ecr_opens with (FILLFACTOR=100) pg_dw-# as pg_dw-# select o.emailcampaignid, count(memberid) opencnt pg_dw-# from openactivity o,ecr_sents s pg_dw-# where s.emailcampaignid = o.emailcampaignid pg_dw-# group by o.emailcampaignid; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HashAggregate (cost=4391163.81..4391288.05 rows=9939 width=12) -> Hash Join (cost=14.78..4344767.23 rows=9279316 width=12) Hash Cond: (o.emailcampaignid = s.emailcampaignid) -> Seq Scan on openactivity o (cost=0.00..3529930.67 rows=192540967 width=12) -> Hash (cost=8.79..8.79 rows=479 width=4) -> Seq Scan on ecr_sents s (cost=0.00..8.79 rows=479 width=4) Yikes. Two sequential scans. On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Tony Capobianco <tcapobianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > pg_dw=# explain CREATE TABLE ecr_opens with (FILLFACTOR=100) > > pg_dw-# as > > pg_dw-# select o.emailcampaignid, count(memberid) opencnt > > pg_dw-# from openactivity o,ecr_sents s > > pg_dw-# where s.emailcampaignid = o.emailcampaignid > > pg_dw-# group by o.emailcampaignid; > > QUERY > > PLAN > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > GroupAggregate (cost=0.00..1788988.05 rows=9939 width=12) > > -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..1742467.24 rows=9279316 width=12) > > -> Index Scan using ecr_sents_ecid_idx on ecr_sents s > > (cost=0.00..38.59 rows=479 width=4) > > -> Index Scan using openact_emcamp_idx on openactivity o > > (cost=0.00..3395.49 rows=19372 width=12) > > Index Cond: (o.emailcampaignid = s.emailcampaignid) > > (5 rows) > > > Should this query be hashing the smaller table on Postgres rather than > > using nested loops? > > Yeah, seems like it. Just for testing purposes, do "set enable_nestloop > = 0" and see what plan you get then. > > regards, tom lane > -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance