kj
PS: FWIW, the query plan for the query with LIMIT 6000 is this:
What is the explain analyze?
QUERY PLAN
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Limit (cost=19676.75..21327.99 rows=6000 width=84)
-> Hash Join (cost=19676.75..1062244.81 rows=3788315 width=84)
Hash Cond: (upper(("outer".id)::text) = upper(("inner".id)::text))
-> Seq Scan on huge_table h (cost=0.00..51292.43 rows=2525543
width=46)
-> Hash (cost=19676.00..19676.00 rows=300 width=38)
-> Seq Scan on tiny_table t (cost=0.00..19676.00 rows=300
width=38)
------------=_1148485808-20617-3--
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