The actual query selects columns from each of those tables.
If I remove the join on order_shipping_addresses, it's very fast. Likewise, if I remove the join on skus, base_skus, or products, it's also very fast.
I'm pretty sure I have all the necessary indexes.
The below is also at https://gist.github.com/joevandyk/88624f7c23790200cccd/raw/gistfile1.txt
Postgres appears to use the number of joins to determine which plan to use? If I go over that by one, then it seems to switch to a very different/slow plan. Is there a way I can speed this up?
-- This is really slow explain analyze select pl.uuid as packing_list_id from orders o join order_shipping_addresses osa on osa.order_id = o.id join line_items li on li.order_id = o.id join skus on skus.id = li.sku_id join base_skus bs using (base_sku_id) join products p on p.id = li.product_id left join packed_line_items plis on plis.line_item_id = li.id left join packing_list_items pli using (packed_line_item_id) left join packing_lists pl on pl.id = pli.packing_list_id where pl.uuid = '58995488567'; Hash Join (cost=529945.66..1169006.25 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=16994.025..18442.838 rows=1 loops=1) Hash Cond: (pli.packing_list_id = pl.id) -> Hash Join (cost=529937.20..1156754.36 rows=3264913 width=8) (actual time=6394.260..18186.960 rows=3373977 loops=1) Hash Cond: (plis.packed_line_item_id = pli.packed_line_item_id) -> Hash Join (cost=389265.00..911373.32 rows=3264913 width=16) (actual time=5260.162..13971.003 rows=3373977 loops=1) Hash Cond: (li.sku_id = skus.id) -> Hash Join (cost=379645.45..836455.51 rows=3264913 width=20) (actual time=5130.797..12370.225 rows=3373977 loops=1) Hash Cond: (li.order_id = osa.order_id) -> Hash Join (cost=7256.32..353371.98 rows=3265060 width=24) (actual time=29.692..3674.827 rows=3373977 loops=1) Hash Cond: (li.product_id = p.id) -> Merge Join (cost=16.25..284912.04 rows=3265060 width=28) (actual time=0.093..2659.779 rows=3373977 loops=1) Merge Cond: (li.id = plis.line_item_id) -> Index Only Scan using line_items_id_product_id_order_id_sku_id_idx on line_items li (cost=0.43..116593.45 rows=3240868 width=16) (actual time=0.073..531.457 rows=3606900 loops=1) Heap Fetches: 14 -> Index Scan using packed_line_items_line_item_id_idx on packed_line_items plis (cost=0.43..119180.75 rows=3373974 width=20) (actual time=0.014..1052.544 rows=3373977 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=6683.92..6683.92 rows=44492 width=4) (actual time=29.561..29.561 rows=44492 loops=1) Buckets: 8192 Batches: 1 Memory Usage: 1565kB -> Seq Scan on products p (cost=0.00..6683.92 rows=44492 width=4) (actual time=0.006..23.023 rows=44492 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=325301.79..325301.79 rows=2870027 width=8) (actual time=5097.168..5097.168 rows=2870028 loops=1) Buckets: 65536 Batches: 8 Memory Usage: 14039kB -> Hash Join (cost=111732.51..325301.79 rows=2870027 width=8) (actual time=828.796..4582.395 rows=2870028 loops=1) Hash Cond: (o.id = osa.order_id) -> Seq Scan on orders o (cost=0.00..126120.27 rows=2870027 width=4) (actual time=0.009..636.423 rows=2870028 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=64643.56..64643.56 rows=2870156 width=4) (actual time=827.832..827.832 rows=2870028 loops=1) Buckets: 65536 Batches: 8 Memory Usage: 12636kB -> Seq Scan on order_shipping_addresses osa (cost=0.00..64643.56 rows=2870156 width=4) (actual time=0.008..419.783 rows=2870028 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=8324.48..8324.48 rows=103606 width=4) (actual time=129.271..129.271 rows=103606 loops=1) Buckets: 16384 Batches: 1 Memory Usage: 3643kB -> Hash Join (cost=3389.30..8324.48 rows=103606 width=4) (actual time=28.641..113.012 rows=103606 loops=1) Hash Cond: (skus.base_sku_id = bs.base_sku_id) -> Seq Scan on skus (cost=0.00..2863.06 rows=103606 width=20) (actual time=0.014..13.836 rows=103606 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=2098.02..2098.02 rows=103302 width=16) (actual time=28.549..28.549 rows=103302 loops=1) Buckets: 16384 Batches: 1 Memory Usage: 4843kB -> Seq Scan on base_skus bs (cost=0.00..2098.02 rows=103302 width=16) (actual time=0.013..13.572 rows=103302 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=78727.09..78727.09 rows=3374009 width=24) (actual time=1132.577..1132.577 rows=3373977 loops=1) Buckets: 65536 Batches: 16 Memory Usage: 11596kB -> Seq Scan on packing_list_items pli (cost=0.00..78727.09 rows=3374009 width=24) (actual time=0.007..562.361 rows=3373977 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=8.45..8.45 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.037..0.037 rows=1 loops=1) Buckets: 1024 Batches: 1 Memory Usage: 1kB -> Index Scan using packing_lists_uuid_key on packing_lists pl (cost=0.43..8.45 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.036..0.036 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (uuid = 58995488567::bigint) Total runtime: 18453.209 ms -- This is way faster. Only thing I did was remove one of the joins. explain analyze select pl.uuid as packing_list_id from orders o -- join order_shipping_addresses osa on osa.order_id = o.id join line_items li on li.order_id = o.id join skus on skus.id = li.sku_id join base_skus bs using (base_sku_id) join products p on p.id = li.product_id left join packed_line_items plis on plis.line_item_id = li.id left join packing_list_items pli using (packed_line_item_id) left join packing_lists pl on pl.id = pli.packing_list_id where pl.uuid = '58995488567'; Nested Loop (cost=3.15..23.08 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=0.256..0.260 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=2.86..22.76 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.223..0.226 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=2.44..22.25 rows=1 width=28) (actual time=0.197..0.200 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=2.15..21.93 rows=1 width=16) (actual time=0.177..0.179 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=1.72..21.34 rows=1 width=20) (actual time=0.146..0.148 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=1.29..20.86 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.098..0.099 rows=1 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.86..20.34 rows=1 width=24) (actual time=0.082..0.082 rows=1 loops=1) -> Index Scan using packing_lists_uuid_key on packing_lists pl (cost=0.43..8.45 rows=1 width=12) (actual time=0.039..0.039 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (uuid = 58995488567::bigint) -> Index Scan using packing_list_items_packing_list_id_idx on packing_list_items pli (cost=0.43..11.88 rows=2 width=24) (actual time=0.040..0.040 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (packing_list_id = pl.id) -> Index Scan using packed_line_items_packed_line_item_id_key on packed_line_items plis (cost=0.43..0.50 rows=1 width=20) (actual time=0.015..0.016 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (packed_line_item_id = pli.packed_line_item_id) -> Index Only Scan using line_items_id_product_id_order_id_sku_id_idx on line_items li (cost=0.43..0.47 rows=1 width=16) (actual time=0.044..0.044 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (id = plis.line_item_id) Heap Fetches: 0 -> Index Only Scan using orders_pkey on orders o (cost=0.43..0.58 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.028..0.028 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (id = li.order_id) Heap Fetches: 1 -> Index Scan using skus_id_product_id_idx on skus (cost=0.29..0.32 rows=1 width=20) (actual time=0.019..0.020 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (id = li.sku_id) -> Index Only Scan using base_skus_pkey on base_skus bs (cost=0.42..0.49 rows=1 width=16) (actual time=0.024..0.024 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (base_sku_id = skus.base_sku_id) Heap Fetches: 1 -> Index Only Scan using products_pkey on products p (cost=0.29..0.32 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.027..0.028 rows=1 loops=1) Index Cond: (id = li.product_id) Heap Fetches: 1 Total runtime: 0.434 ms