Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Since "big" was sharded, the query plan results in something like: > Hash Join (cost=10000000001.23..30038997974.72 rows=10 width=753) > Hash Cond: (b.id = i.big_id) > -> Append (cost=0.00..20038552251.23 rows=118859245 width=11) > -> Index Scan using big_201207_pkey on big_201207 b > (cost=0.00..2224100.46 rows=1609634 width=12) > -> Index Scan using big_201101_pkey on big_201101 b > (cost=0.00..404899.71 rows=5437497 width=12) > -> Index Scan using big_201104_pkey on big_201104 b > (cost=0.00..349657.58 rows=4625181 width=12) > -> [...all the shards] > -> Hash (cost=10000000001.10..10000000001.10 rows=10 width=742) > -> Seq Scan on small i (cost=10000000000.00..10000000001.10 > rows=10 width=742) [ squint... ] 9.1 certainly ought to be able to find a smarter plan for such a case. For instance, if I try this on 9.1 branch tip: regression=# create table p (id int primary key); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "p_pkey" for table "p" CREATE TABLE regression=# create table c1 (primary key (id)) inherits(p); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "c1_pkey" for table "c1" CREATE TABLE regression=# create table c2 (primary key (id)) inherits(p); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "c2_pkey" for table "c2" CREATE TABLE regression=# explain select * from p,int4_tbl where id=f1; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nested Loop (cost=0.00..53.25 rows=120 width=8) Join Filter: (public.p.id = int4_tbl.f1) -> Seq Scan on int4_tbl (cost=0.00..1.05 rows=5 width=4) -> Append (cost=0.00..10.40 rows=3 width=4) -> Index Scan using p_pkey on p (cost=0.00..1.87 rows=1 width=4) Index Cond: (id = int4_tbl.f1) -> Index Scan using c1_pkey on c1 p (cost=0.00..4.27 rows=1 width=4) Index Cond: (id = int4_tbl.f1) -> Index Scan using c2_pkey on c2 p (cost=0.00..4.27 rows=1 width=4) Index Cond: (id = int4_tbl.f1) (10 rows) You have evidently got enable_seqscan turned off, so I wonder whether the cost penalties applied by that are swamping the estimates. Do you get any better results if you re-enable that? 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