I have a simple query that's been running for a while, which is fine, but it seems to be running very slowly, which is a problem: mydb=# explain select user_id from den where user_id not in (select duid from user_mappings) and timestamp between '2009-04-01' and '2010-04-01'; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on den (cost=711.58..66062724212.74 rows=22634720 width=4) Filter: (("timestamp" >= '2009-04-01 00:00:00'::timestamp without time zone) AND ("timestamp" <= '2010-04-01 00:00:00'::timestamp without time zone) AND (NOT (SubPlan 1))) SubPlan 1 -> Materialize (cost=711.58..1223.38 rows=36780 width=4) -> Seq Scan on user_mappings (cost=0.00..530.80 rows=36780 width=4) user_mappings is fairly small: mydb=# select count(*) from user_mappings; count ------- 36780 (1 row) The client is on the same LAN, but only sees packets trickling in: $ sudo tcpdump -i lo port 5434 tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 00:44:05.475584 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 3757958746:3757966938, ack 3697417382, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791416 ecr 194791044], length 8192 00:44:05.475684 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 8192, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791416 ecr 194791416], length 0 00:44:08.867976 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 8192:15779, ack 1, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791756 ecr 194791416], length 7587 00:44:08.868019 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 15779, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791756 ecr 194791756], length 0 00:44:08.870336 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [P.], seq 1:19, ack 15779, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791756 ecr 194791756], length 18 00:44:08.870343 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [.], ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194791756 ecr 194791756], length 0 00:44:12.578220 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 15779:23971, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792127 ecr 194791756], length 8192 00:44:12.618116 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 23971, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792131 ecr 194792127], length 0 00:44:16.664645 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 23971:32163, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792535 ecr 194792131], length 8192 00:44:16.664755 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 32163, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792535 ecr 194792535], length 0 00:44:20.465773 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 32163:40355, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792915 ecr 194792535], length 8192 00:44:20.465878 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 40355, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194792915 ecr 194792915], length 0 00:44:24.115273 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 40355:48547, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194793280 ecr 194792915], length 8192 00:44:24.115380 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 48547, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194793280 ecr 194793280], length 0 00:44:27.749084 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 48547:56739, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194793644 ecr 194793280], length 8192 00:44:27.749192 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 56739, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194793644 ecr 194793644], length 0 00:44:31.618124 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 56739:64931, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794031 ecr 194793644], length 8192 00:44:31.618166 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 64931, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794031 ecr 194794031], length 0 00:44:35.349958 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 64931:73123, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794404 ecr 194794031], length 8192 00:44:35.350054 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 73123, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794404 ecr 194794404], length 0 00:44:39.311627 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 73123:81315, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794800 ecr 194794404], length 8192 00:44:39.311734 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 81315, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194794800 ecr 194794800], length 0 00:44:43.178319 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 81315:89507, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795187 ecr 194794800], length 8192 00:44:43.178429 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 89507, win 771, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795187 ecr 194795187], length 0 00:44:46.798511 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 89507:97699, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795549 ecr 194795187], length 8192 00:44:46.798622 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 97699, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795549 ecr 194795549], length 0 00:44:50.430346 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 97699:105891, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795912 ecr 194795549], length 8192 00:44:50.430455 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 105891, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194795912 ecr 194795912], length 0 00:44:54.211644 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 105891:114083, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194796290 ecr 194795912], length 8192 00:44:54.211792 IP nuthouse.40349 > nuthouse.5434: Flags [.], ack 114083, win 720, options [nop,nop,TS val 194796290 ecr 194796290], length 0 00:44:57.948539 IP nuthouse.5434 > nuthouse.40349: Flags [P.], seq 114083:122275, ack 19, win 265, options [nop,nop,TS val 194796664 ecr 194796290], length 8192 ... And I verified that the query is not blocked: mydb=# select * from pg_stat_activity; datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename | current_query | waiting | xact_start | query_start | backend_start | client_addr | client_port -------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------+------------- 55244 | mydb | 5128 | 16384 | yang | | f | 2011-09-14 15:44:46.586014-07 | 2011-09-15 00:46:22.878715-07 | 2011-09-14 15:44:46.549151-07 | ::1 | 56791 : select user_id from den where user_id not in (select duid from user_mappings) : and timestamp between '2009-04-01'::date and '2010-04-01'::date 55244 | mydb | 28142 | 16384 | yang | select * from pg_stat_activity; | f | 2011-09-15 00:46:40.100652-07 | 2011-09-15 00:46:40.100652-07 | 2011-09-15 00:46:35.913309-07 | | -1 (2 rows) (The ports don't match up since this is tunneled via ssh. `pv < /dev/zero | ssh nuthouse 'cat>/dev/null'` shows sustained bandwidth at ~30-40MB/s.) I know that `den` is large but things seem to be running much slower than I'd expect. Nothing in the logs. Is there any way to inspect what's going on? Hesitant to kill the query in case it's almost done, though I doubt it (didn't have the foresight to expose this information in the client process - wasn't expecting to run into this). Thanks in advance. -- Yang Zhang http://yz.mit.edu/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general