Hello Is impossible to help you without more detailed info about your problems, we have to see a execution plan, we have to see slow query Regards Pavel Stehule 2011/7/9 Jonathan <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Does anyone have any suggestions for my problem? (I have to wonder if I'm > somehow just not getting peoples attention or what. This is my second > question this week on a public mailing list that has gotten exactly 0 > replies) > > Jonathan > > On 7/5/2011 8:18 PM, Jonathan wrote: >> >> I have a query that uses ORDER BY and LIMIT to get a set of image data >> rows that match a given tag. When both ORDER BY and LIMIT are included >> for some reason the planner chooses a very slow query plan. Dropping one >> or the other results in a much faster query going from 4+ seconds -> 30 >> ms. Database schema, EXPLAIN ANALYZE and other information can be found >> at http://pgsql.privatepaste.com/31113c27bf Is there a way to convince >> the planner to use the faster plan when doing both ORDER BY and LIMIT >> without using SET options or will I need to disable the slow plan >> options to force the planner to use the fast plan? >> >> I found some stuff in the mailing list archives that looks related but I >> didn't see any fixes. Apparently the planner hopes the merge join will >> find the LIMIT # of rows fairly quickly but instead it winds up scanning >> almost the entire table. > > -- > Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance > -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance