Folks, I'm getting this plan on 7.2.4:
---------------------------------------------------------- explain select events.event_id, events.event_name, type_name, COALESCE(cases.case_name || '(' || cases.docket || ')', trial_groups.tgroup_name) as event_case, jw_date_format(events.event_date, events.event_tz, events.duration) as show_date FROM event_types, events LEFT OUTER JOIN cases ON (events.link_type = 'case' AND events.case_id = cases.case_id) LEFT OUTER JOIN trial_groups ON ( events.link_type = 'tg' AND events.case_id = trial_groups.tgroup_id ) LEFT OUTER JOIN event_history eh ON events.event_id = eh.event_id WHERE events.status = 1 or events.status = 11 and events.event_date > '2003-10-27' and events.etype_id = event_types.etype_id and ( ( events.mod_user = 562 AND eh.event_id IS NULL ) OR ( eh.mod_user = 562 and not exists (select 1 from event_history eh2 where eh2.event_id = eh.event_id and eh2.mod_date < eh.mod_date) ) ); Nested Loop (cost=100004949.08..2676373923.96 rows=3666858 width=197) -> Hash Join (cost=4949.08..8519.60 rows=43568 width=165) -> Hash Join (cost=4407.81..6615.02 rows=43568 width=149) -> Hash Join (cost=4403.21..6485.29 rows=43568 width=125) -> Seq Scan on events (cost=0.00..1515.70 rows=43568 width=79) -> Hash (cost=3108.07..3108.07 rows=115355 width=46) -> Seq Scan on cases (cost=0.00..3108.07 rows=115355 width=46) -> Hash (cost=4.43..4.43 rows=143 width=24) -> Seq Scan on trial_groups (cost=0.00..4.43 rows=143 width=24) -> Hash (cost=524.72..524.72 rows=13240 width=16) -> Seq Scan on event_history eh (cost=0.00..524.72 rows=13240 width=16) -> Seq Scan on event_types (cost=0.00..4.32 rows=106 width=32) SubPlan -> Seq Scan on event_history eh2 (cost=0.00..557.82 rows=1 width=0) ----------------------------------------------------------------- What I can't figure out is what is that inredibly expensive nested loop for? If I could figure that out, maybe I could query around it. Unfortunately, I can't EXPLAIN ANALYZE because the present query swamps the machine, and it's a production server. Also it never completes. And yes, the system is vacuum full analyzed. Event_history is under-indexed, but the other tables are heavily indexed. Ideas? -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly