Two queries which do the same thing, first one takes ages to complete (did wait several minutes and cancelled it), while the second one took 9 seconds? Don't they do the same thing?
miernik=> EXPLAIN SELECT uid FROM locks WHERE uid NOT IN (SELECT uid FROM locks INNER JOIN wys USING (uid, login)); QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seq Scan on locks (cost=38341.39..61365389.71 rows=48446 width=4) Filter: (NOT (subplan)) SubPlan -> Materialize (cost=38341.39..39408.47 rows=79508 width=4) -> Hash Join (cost=3997.27..37989.89 rows=79508 width=4) Hash Cond: (((wys.uid)::integer = (locks.uid)::integer) AND ((wys.login)::text = (locks.login)::text)) -> Seq Scan on wys (cost=0.00..13866.51 rows=633451 width=16) -> Hash (cost=2069.91..2069.91 rows=96891 width=16) -> Seq Scan on locks (cost=0.00..2069.91 rows=96891 width=16) (9 rows) Time: 231,634 ms miernik=> EXPLAIN SELECT uid FROM locks EXCEPT (SELECT uid FROM locks INNER JOIN wys USING (uid, login)); QUERY PLAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SetOp Except (cost=59306.12..60188.11 rows=17640 width=4) -> Sort (cost=59306.12..59747.12 rows=176399 width=4) Sort Key: "*SELECT* 1".uid -> Append (cost=0.00..41823.79 rows=176399 width=4) -> Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 1" (cost=0.00..3038.82 rows=96891 width=4) -> Seq Scan on locks (cost=0.00..2069.91 rows=96891 width=4) -> Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 2" (cost=3997.27..38784.97 rows=79508 width=4) -> Hash Join (cost=3997.27..37989.89 rows=79508 width=4) Hash Cond: (((wys.uid)::integer = (locks.uid)::integer) AND ((wys.login)::text = (locks.login)::text)) -> Seq Scan on wys (cost=0.00..13866.51 rows=633451 width=16) -> Hash (cost=2069.91..2069.91 rows=96891 width=16) -> Seq Scan on locks (cost=0.00..2069.91 rows=96891 width=16) (12 rows) Time: 1479,238 ms miernik=> -- Miernik http://miernik.name/ -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance