>> I haven't had a chance to experiment with the SET STATISTICS, but that >> got me going on something interesting... >> >> Do these statistics look right? >> >> # SELECT attname, n_distinct, most_common_vals, histogram_bounds FROM >> pg_stats WHERE tablename = 'cards'; >> >... >> "card_set_id" 905 >> "{5201,3203,3169,5679,5143,5204,5655,4322,5236,4513}" >> "{4,3080,3896,4349,4701,5179,5445,5706,6003,6361,6784}" > >This looks promising, because n_distinct is low enough that you can >cover almost all values with statistics. >raise the statistics and ANALYZE. should help. >(NOTE NOTE NOTE: assuming that the distribution is even) > > >... >but one thing we see for sure is that you have not tuned your >PostgreSQL instance :-) >I would recommend pgtune, -> pgfoundry.org/projects/pgtune/ >it covers most important stuff, *including* default_statistics_target. > > > >Filip > I just tried the set statistics on our test system with essentially the same end result. I'm beginning to think the answer is to just avoid LIMIT. Tyler -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general