This has probably been asked before, but I'll re-ask to spark debate on it again.
Is there any good reason to not have explain analyze also include information if temporary files will be required on sorts, hashes, etc. during the processing of a query. [Idea being setting your sort_mem won't be purely anecdotal]... maybe include how much space it needed in temp files? something along the lines of: Sort (Cost=1..10) (Actual=1..1000) (Temp Files=5MB) Seeing that and looking at your current sort_mem and seeing it is 4MB you'll have the info you need to get a nice boost by avoiding that spill at a low cost. -- Jeff Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jefftrout.com/ http://www.stuarthamm.net/ ---------------------------(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
