2011/10/9 Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 9 October 2011 04:35, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2011/10/8 Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> On 8 October 2011 21:13, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> 2011/10/8 Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> On 8 October 2011 19:47, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>> I did it. It is strange, so your times are significantly slower than I >>>>>>>> have. Have you enabled asserts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The table contains 15 million rows with column values randomly >>>>>>> selected from the 1-350 range, with 60% within the 1-50 range, and >>>>>>> asserts are enabled. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I repeated tests on litlle bit wide table with 9 milion rows, but >>>>>> without success. >>>>>> >>>>>> Try to disable asserts. I am not sure, but maybe there significantlly >>>>>> change a speed. >>>>> >>>>> Okay, here you go. Results with debug_assertions = false: >>>>> >>>>> Index-only scan: 173.389 ms (78.442 ms) >>>>> Index scan: 184239.399 ms (previously 164882.666 ms) >>>>> Bitmap scan: 159354.261 ms (previously 154107.415 ms) >>>>> Sequential scan: 134552.263 ms (previously 121296.999 ms) >>>>> >>>>> So no particularly significant difference, except with the index-only >>>>> scan (which I repeated 3 times and it's about the same each time). >>>> >>>> what is size of table? >>> >>> 4884MB >> >> It has a sense - index only scan it is faster (and significantly >> faster) on wider tables - or tables with strings where TOAST is not >> active. Maybe there is a some issue because on thin tables is slower >> (and I expect a should be faster everywhere). > > No, that's my point, I re-tested it on a table with just 2 int > columns, and the results are roughly the same. I added all the > columns to make it expensive to fetch the column being queried. then I don't understand Regards Pavel > > -- > Thom Brown > Twitter: @darkixion > IRC (freenode): dark_ixion > Registered Linux user: #516935 > > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general