On 11/05/2010, Sergey Konoplev <gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11 May 2010 10:18, venu madhav <venutaurus539@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> select e.cid, timestamp, s.sig_class, s.sig_priority, s.sig_name, >> e.sniff_ip, e.sniff_channel, s.sig_config, e.wifi_addr_1, >> e.wifi_addr_2, e.view_status, bssid FROM event e, signature s WHERE >> s.sig_id = e.signature AND e.timestamp >= '1270449180' AND >> e.timestamp < '1273473180' ORDER BY e.cid DESC, e.cid DESC limit 21 >> offset 10539780; >> >> Can any one suggest me a better solution to improve the performance. >> Please let me know if you've any further queries. > > 1. Avoid using large OFFSETs. Do instead "... ORDER BY e.cid, e.cid LIMIT > 21;" > 2. What "EXPLAIN SELECT ..." shows? > 3. What "\d event" prints? > > -- > Sergey Konoplev > > Blog: http://gray-hemp.blogspot.com / > Linkedin: http://ru.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp / > JID/GTalk: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx / Skype: gray-hemp / ICQ: 29353802 > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > Have you checked if the indexes don't have lots of dead references? Try to create new indexes, and then delete the old indexes (or just use reindex if this is not an online database in production). -- Brian Modra Land line: +27 23 5411 462 Mobile: +27 79 69 77 082 5 Jan Louw Str, Prince Albert, 6930 Postal: P.O. Box 2, Prince Albert 6930 South Africa http://www.zwartberg.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general