On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:51:54AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Karl Denninger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > akcs=> explain analyze select forum, (replied > (select lastview from forumlog > > where forumlog.login='genesis' and forumlog.forum='General' and > > number=post.number)) as newflag, * from post where forum = 'General' and toppost = > > 1 order by pinned desc, replied desc; > > QUERY PLAN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sort (cost=28.41..28.42 rows=6 width=218) (actual time=0.677..0.698 rows=5 > > loops=1) > > Sort Key: pinned, replied > > -> Index Scan using post_toppost on post (cost=0.00..28.33 rows=6 width=218) > > (actual time=0.403..0.606 rows=5 loops=1) > > Index Cond: ((forum = 'General'::text) AND (toppost = 1)) > > SubPlan > > -> Seq Scan on forumlog (cost=0.00..1.18 rows=1 width=8) (actual > > time=0.015..0.027 rows=1 loops=5) > > Filter: ((login = 'genesis'::text) AND (forum = 'General'::text) > > AND (number = $0)) > > Total runtime: 0.915 ms > > (8 rows) > > As noted elsewhere, the inner subplan will not switch over to an > indexscan until you get some more data in that table. Note however that > the subplan is only accounting for about 0.13 msec (0.027*5) so it's not > the major cost here anyway. The slow part seems to be the indexed fetch > from "post", which is taking nearly 0.5 msec to fetch five rows. > > regards, tom lane
Ok... BTW, the other posted "cleaner" model doesn't work for me. If there is NO row in the subtable that matches, the other version returns nothing (which makes sense since the initial select fails to match any rows as one of the things its trying to match is missing.) I do need a return even if the log row is missing (and it WILL be, for a first visit to that particular item in the table by a particular user) -- -- Karl Denninger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net Tired of spam at your company? LOOK HERE! http://childrens-justice.org Working for family and children's rights http://diversunion.org LOG IN AND GET YOUR TANK STICKERS TODAY! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
