Pat Maddox wrote:
Here's my SQL query. I don't think it's too gigantic, but it is kind of beastly: SELECT COUNT(r) FROM trainer_hand_results r, trainer_scenarios s, trainer_scenario_stats stats WHERE r.user_id=1 AND r.trainer_scenario_id=s.id AND s.id=stats.trainer_scenario_id AND r.action=stats.correct_action; When I EXPLAIN it, I get: Aggregate (cost=18.12..18.13 rows=1 width=32) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..18.12 rows=1 width=32) -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..12.28 rows=1 width=40) Join Filter: (("outer"."action")::text = ("inner".correct_action)::text) -> Seq Scan on trainer_hand_results r (cost=0.00..6.56 rows=1 width=181) Filter: (user_id = 1) -> Index Scan using trainer_scenario_stats_trainer_scenario_id_index on trainer_scenario_stats stats (cost=0.00..5.71 rows=1 width=149) Index Cond: (stats.trainer_scenario_id = "outer".trainer_scenario_id) -> Index Scan using trainer_scenarios_pkey on trainer_scenarios s (cost=0.00..5.82 rows=1 width=4) Index Cond: ("outer".trainer_scenario_id = s.id) (10 rows) I don't have a lot of experience with getting queries to go faster. The things that jump out at me though are two nested loops and a sequential scan. What could I do to speed this up?
Have you analyzed the tables in question? Post the result of 'explain analyze' rather than just explain. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/