On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 08:46:57PM -0700, Jeff Janes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Justin Pryzby <pryzby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I know PG 10 will have support "CREATE STATISTICS.." for this.. > > > > ..but I wondered if there's a recommended workaround in earlier versions ? > > Not without seeing the query.... With my workaround: ts=# explain ANALYZE SELECT t1.sect_id, t1.start_time as period, sum (1) FROM enodeb_ncell_view t1, enodeb_ncell_view inc WHERE ((t1.start_time >= '2017-04-30 00:00:00' AND t1.start_time < '2017-05-01 00:00:00')) AND ((inc.start_time >= '2017-04-30 00:00:00' AND inc.start_time < '2017-05-01 00:00:00')) AND t1.start_time = inc.start_time AND ROW((t1.sect_id,t1.neigh_sect_id))= ROW((inc.neigh_sect_id,inc.sect_id)) GROUP BY t1.sect_id, period; HashAggregate (cost=63149.59..63371.74 rows=22215 width=10) (actual time=80092.652..80097.521 rows=22464 loops=1) ... Without: ts=# explain ANALYZE SELECT t1.sect_id, t1.start_time as period, sum (1) FROM enodeb_ncell_view t1, enodeb_ncell_view inc WHERE ((t1.start_time >= '2017-04-30 00:00:00' AND t1.start_time < '2017-05-01 00:00:00')) AND ((inc.start_time >= '2017-04-30 00:00:00' AND inc.start_time < '2017-05-01 00:00:00')) AND t1.start_time = inc.start_time AND t1.sect_id=inc.neigh_sect_id AND t1.neigh_sect_id=inc.sect_id GROUP BY t1.sect_id, period; GroupAggregate (cost=57847.32..62265.54 rows=402 width=10) (actual time=694.186..952.744 rows=22464 loops=1) ... This is a small inner subquery of a larger report - sum(1) is a placeholder for other aggregates I've stripped out. > > 2) memory explosion in hash join (due to poor estimate?) caused OOM. > > As far as I know, the only way a hash join should do this is if the join > includes a huge number of rows with exactly the same 32 bit hash codes. > Otherwise, it should spill to disk without causing OOM. Hash aggregates, > on the other hand, are a different matter. That's almost certainy what I meant. -> Subquery Scan on data_rx_enb (cost=3409585.76..3422861.74 rows=663799 width=20) (actual time=510475.987..512069.064 rows=2169821 loops=1) -> HashAggregate (cost=3409585.76..3416223.75 rows=663799 width=16) (actual time=510475.984..511650.337 rows=2169821 loops=1) Group Key: eric_enodeb_cell_metrics_1.site_id, eric_enodeb_cell_metrics_1.start_time Thanks, Justin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general