On 06/10/2015 11:32 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote: > This is a fundamental issue with using 'database in a box' datatypes > like hstore and jsonb. They are opaque to the statistics gathering > system and so are unable to give reasonable estimates beyond broad > assumptions. Speaking generally, the workarounds are too: > > *) disable particular plan choices for this query > (materialize/nestloop are common culprits) > > *) create btree indexes around specific extraction clauses > > *) refactor some of the query into set returning function with a > custom ROWS clause > > *) try alternate indexing strategy such as jsonb/jsquery > > *) move out of hstore and into more standard relational strucure You forgot: *) Fund a PostgreSQL developer to add selectivity estimation and stats to hstore. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
