Try : order by index_delta+1 desc On 1/15/11, Tim Uckun <timuckun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have this query it runs reasonably quickly. > > > SELECT "consolidated_urls".* FROM "consolidated_urls" INNER JOIN > "topical_urls" > ON "consolidated_urls".id = "topical_urls".consolidated_url_id > WHERE (("topical_urls".domain_id = 157) AND ((topical_urls.hidden = 'f'))) > ORDER BY index_delta DESC LIMIT 10 > > The explain for this goes like this. > > "Limit (cost=29899.43..29899.46 rows=10 width=1880)" > " -> Sort (cost=29899.43..29906.04 rows=2642 width=1880)" > " Sort Key: consolidated_urls.index_delta" > " -> Nested Loop (cost=101.29..29842.34 rows=2642 width=1880)" > " -> Bitmap Heap Scan on topical_urls > (cost=101.29..7490.32 rows=2642 width=4)" > " Recheck Cond: (domain_id = 157)" > " Filter: (NOT hidden)" > " -> Bitmap Index Scan on > index_topical_urls_on_domain_id_and_consolidated_url_id > (cost=0.00..100.63 rows=2643 width=0)" > " Index Cond: (domain_id = 157)" > " -> Index Scan using consolidated_urls_pkey on > consolidated_urls (cost=0.00..8.45 rows=1 width=1880)" > " Index Cond: (consolidated_urls.id = > topical_urls.consolidated_url_id)" > > > I add one more clause on to it to filter out index_deltas that are not > null and the query becomes unusably slow. > > SELECT "consolidated_urls".* FROM "consolidated_urls" INNER JOIN > "topical_urls" > ON "consolidated_urls".id = "topical_urls".consolidated_url_id > WHERE (("topical_urls".domain_id = 157) AND ((topical_urls.hidden = 'f'))) > AND (index_delta IS NOT NULL) ORDER BY index_delta DESC LIMIT 10 > > The explain for this is goes like this > > "Limit (cost=0.00..20555.33 rows=10 width=1880)" > " -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..5430717.58 rows=2642 width=1880)" > " -> Index Scan Backward using > index_consolidateds_url_on_index_delta on consolidated_urls > (cost=0.00..5316175.98 rows=15242 width=1880)" > " Filter: (index_delta IS NOT NULL)" > " -> Index Scan using > index_topical_urls_on_domain_id_and_consolidated_url_id on > topical_urls (cost=0.00..7.50 rows=1 width=4)" > " Index Cond: ((topical_urls.domain_id = 157) AND > (topical_urls.consolidated_url_id = consolidated_urls.id))" > " Filter: (NOT topical_urls.hidden)" > > > > The index_delta field is double precision and is indexed. > > Any suggestions as to how to make this query run faster? > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------ pasman -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general