Hi ,

I'm tweaking table layout to get better performance of query. One table doesn't 
use hstore but expand all metrics of cha_type to different rows. The other 
table has hstore for metrics column as cha_type->metrics so it has less records 
than the first one.

I would be expecting the query on seconds table has better performance than the 
first one. However, it's not the case at all. I'm wondering if there's 
something wrong with my execution plan? With the hstore table, the optimizer 
has totally wrong estimation on row counts at hash aggregate stage and it takes 
34 seconds on hash-join,25 seconds on hash-aggregate, 10 seconds on sort. 
However, with non-hstore table, it takes 17 seconds on hash join, 18 seconds on 
hashaggregate and 2 seconds on sort.

Can someone help me to explain why this is happening? And is there a way to 
fine-tune the query?

Table structure

dev=# \d+ weekly_non_hstore
                     Table "test.weekly_non_hstore"
  Column  |          Type          | Modifiers | Storage  | Stats target | 
Description
----------+------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------+-------------
date     | date                   |           | plain    |              |
ref_id    | character varying(256) |           | extended |              |
cha_typel  | text                   |           | extended |              |
visits   | double precision       |           | plain    |              |
pages    | double precision       |           | plain    |              |
duration | double precision       |           | plain    |              |
Has OIDs: no
Tablespace: "tbs_data"

dev=# \d+ weekly_hstore
                       Table "test.weekly_hstore"
  Column  |          Type          | Modifiers | Storage  | Stats target | 
Description
----------+------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------+-------------
date     | date                   |           | plain    |              |
ref_id    | character varying(256) |           | extended |              |
visits   | hstore                 |           | extended |              |
pages    | hstore                 |           | extended |              |
duration | hstore                 |           | extended |              |
Has OIDs: no
Tablespace: "tbs_data"

dev=# select count(*) from weekly_non_hstore;
  count
----------
71818882
(1 row)


dev=# select count(*) from weekly_hstore;
  count
---------
1292314
(1 row)


Query
dev=# explain analyze select cha_type,sum(visits) from weekly_non_hstore a  
join seg1 b on a.ref_id=b.ref_id group by cha_type order by sum(visits) desc;
                                                                           
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sort  (cost=3674073.37..3674431.16 rows=143115 width=27) (actual 
time=47520.637..47969.658 rows=3639539 loops=1)
   Sort Key: (sum(a.visits))
   Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 391723kB
   ->  HashAggregate  (cost=3660386.70..3661817.85 rows=143115 width=27) 
(actual time=43655.637..44989.202 rows=3639539 loops=1)
         ->  Hash Join  (cost=12029.58..3301286.54 rows=71820032 width=27) 
(actual time=209.789..26477.652 rows=36962761 loops=1)
               Hash Cond: ((a.ref_id)::text = (b.ref_id)::text)
               ->  Seq Scan on weekly_non_hstore a  (cost=0.00..1852856.32 
rows=71820032 width=75) (actual time=0.053..8858.594 rows=71818882 loops=1)
               ->  Hash  (cost=7382.59..7382.59 rows=371759 width=47) (actual 
time=209.189..209.189 rows=371759 loops=1)
                     Buckets: 65536  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 28951kB
                     ->  Seq Scan on seg1 b  (cost=0.00..7382.59 rows=371759 
width=47) (actual time=0.014..64.695 rows=371759 loops=1)
Total runtime: 48172.405 ms
(11 rows)

Time: 48173.569 ms

dev=# explain analyze select cha_type, sum(visits) from (select 
(each(visits)).key as cha_type,(each(visits)).value::numeric as visits from 
weekly_hstore a  join seg1 b on a.ref_id=b.ref_id )foo  group by cha_type  
order by sum(visits) desc;
                                                                       QUERY 
PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sort  (cost=7599039.89..7599040.39 rows=200 width=64) (actual 
time=70424.561..70986.202 rows=3639539 loops=1)
   Sort Key: (sum((((each(a.visits)).value)::numeric)))
   Sort Method: quicksort  Memory: 394779kB
   ->  HashAggregate  (cost=7599030.24..7599032.24 rows=200 width=64) (actual 
time=59267.120..60502.647 rows=3639539 loops=1)
         ->  Hash Join  (cost=12029.58..2022645.24 rows=371759000 width=184) 
(actual time=186.140..34619.879 rows=36962761 loops=1)
               Hash Cond: ((a.ref_id)::text = (b.ref_id)::text)
               ->  Seq Scan on weekly_hstore a  (cost=0.00..133321.14 
rows=1292314 width=230) (actual time=0.107..416.741 rows=1292314 loops=1)
               ->  Hash  (cost=7382.59..7382.59 rows=371759 width=47) (actual 
time=185.742..185.742 rows=371759 loops=1)
                     Buckets: 65536  Batches: 1  Memory Usage: 28951kB
                     ->  Seq Scan on seg1 b  (cost=0.00..7382.59 rows=371759 
width=47) (actual time=0.016..62.123 rows=371759 loops=1)
Total runtime: 71177.675 ms

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