Ottavio Campana wrote:
> 2) how can I speed it up? by using indexes? or by changing the query?
Do you have indices on mytable.id and copy_mytable.id?
Does using NOT EXISTS get you any better results?
> db=# EXPLAIN ANALYZE select * from mytable where id not in (select id
> from copy_mytable);
> QUERY PLAN
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Seq Scan on mytable (cost=53.21..148.34 rows=925 width=96) (actual
> time=9.813..9.813 rows=0 loops=1)
> Filter: (NOT (hashed subplan))
> SubPlan
> -> Seq Scan on copy_mytable (cost=0.00..48.57 rows=1857 width=4)
> (actual time=0.031..3.132 rows=1857 loops=1)
> Total runtime: 10.291 ms
>
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