That was it! Thanks Adrian and Tom!
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 04/16/2013 12:07 PM, Moshe Jacobson wrote: > >> Hi PostgreSQL friends, >> >> I have two databases in the same cluster that are almost identical. One >> is a copy of the other as we are developing some new features in the copy. >> >> My problem is that the exact same simple query performs great in the >> original database ("ises") and dismally in the copy database >> ("ises_coelacanth"). The problem is that in ises, it uses an index scan, >> but in ises_coelacanth it uses a sequential scan: >> > > > The difference is that Postgres is coming to alternate conclusions as to > what plan to use. Given that the copy is causing the 'problem', the > question to ask is; did you run ANALYZE on the table once the data was > copied in? > > > > >> -- >> Moshe Jacobson >> Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering >> 2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339 >> mo...@neadwerx.com <mailto:mo...@neadwerx.com> | www.neadwerx.com >> <http://www.neadwerx.com/> >> >> >> "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle >> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@gmail.com > -- Moshe Jacobson Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering 2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339 mo...@neadwerx.com | www.neadwerx.com "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle