Jona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a query (please refer to
> http://213.173.234.215:8080/get_content_plan.htm for the query as well
> as query plan) that is slow when it's run the first time and fast(ish)
> on all successive runs within a reasonable time period.
> This leads me to suspect that when the query is first run, all used data
> have to be fetched from the disk where as once it has been run all data
> is available in the OS's disk cache.
Sounds like that to me too.
> Is there anway to either enhance the chance that the data can be found
> in the disk cache or allowing the database to fetch the data faster?
Run the query more often?
Also, that pile of INNER JOINs is forcing a probably-bad join order;
you need to think carefully about the order you want things joined in,
or else convert the query to non-JOIN syntax. See the "Performance
Tips" chapter of the manual.
regards, tom lane
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