On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 13:07, Keary Suska wrote: > > > For more complex queries, however, the plans are less likely to differ > > > Actually, as you can see with my examples above, the reverse is true, as the > simple query produced the same plan. The more complex the query, the more > choices the optimizer has for picking the best case, which unfortunately is > not always the truly best case. No, I meant _complex_ plans: pcno=# explain select * from vwmbradr where centre_id = 56; NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Subquery Scan vwmbradr (cost=636.68..636.68 rows=1 width=418) -> Sort (cost=636.68..636.68 rows=1 width=418) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..636.67 rows=1 width=418) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..630.67 rows=1 width=340) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..624.68 rows=1 width=254) -> Index Scan using primary_centre_id_index on constituents (cost=0.00..622.35 rows=1 width=212) -> Seq Scan on centres (cost=0.00..1.59 rows=59 width=42) -> Index Scan using constituents_pkey on constituents (cost=0.00..5.98 rows=1 width=86) -> Index Scan using constituents_pkey on constituents (cost=0.00..5.98 rows=1 width=78) EXPLAIN pcno=# explain select * from vwmbradr where centre_id = 56 limit 1; NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Limit (cost=636.68..636.68 rows=1 width=418) -> Subquery Scan vwmbradr (cost=636.68..636.68 rows=1 width=418) -> Sort (cost=636.68..636.68 rows=1 width=418) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..636.67 rows=1 width=418) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..630.67 rows=1 width=340) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..624.68 rows=1 width=254) -> Index Scan using primary_centre_id_index on constituents (cost=0.00..622.35 rows=1 width=212) -> Seq Scan on centres (cost=0.00..1.59 rows=59 width=42) -> Index Scan using constituents_pkey on constituents (cost=0.00..5.98 rows=1 width=86) -> Index Scan using constituents_pkey on constituents (cost=0.00..5.98 rows=1 width=78) EXPLAIN :-) Cheers, Andrew. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)916-7201 MOB: +64(21)635-694 OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 Are you enrolled at http://schoolreunions.co.nz/ yet?