> > I am just about to upgrade from PostgreSQL 8.4.20 to 9.2.15, but I'v run > > into some huge performance issues. > > The rowcount estimates from 9.2 seem greatly different from the 8.4 plan. > Did you remember to ANALYZE all the tables after migrating? Maybe there > were some table-specific statistics targets that you forgot to transfer > over? In any case, the 9.2 plan looks like garbage-in-garbage-out to > me :-( ... without estimates at least a little closer to reality, the > planner is unlikely to do anything very sane. > > (BTW, I wonder why you are moving only to 9.2 and not something more > recent.) You put me on the right track with your conclusion that the estimates were off the chart. The quick-and-dirty fix "DELETE FROM pg_statistic;" solved this problem. This database now have to build up sane estimates from scratch. / Eskil -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance