Hi, I am running postgresql 7.2.3 on a test server (with potential of becoming my production server).
On the server I have a perl script, that is grabbing some data from a inventory database (local) - with some subselects. The query is like this: <query> my $sth = $ppdb->prepare(" select partno, create_date, mfg, condition, gescode, qty, cmup,(SELECT partno_main FROM partno_lookup where partno_lookup.partno_alias ilike (?|| inventory.partno ||?) and mfg ilike ? limit 1) as partno_main, (SELECT subcat FROM partno_lookup where partno_lookup.partno_alias ilike (?|| inventory.partno ||?) and mfg ilike ? limit 1) as subcat, (SELECT key_search FROM partno_lookup where partno_lookup.partno_alias ilike (?|| inventory.partno ||?) and mfg ilike ? limit 1) as key_search, (SELECT text_desc FROM descriptions where descriptions.partno=(SELECT partno_main FROM partno_lookup where partno_lookup.partno_alias ilike (?|| inventory.partno ||?) and mfg ilike ? limit 1) limit 1) as descri from inventory where mfg ilike ? and ? < create_date $refurbed order by key_search, subcat, partno_main, status DESC "); </query> It takes quite a while for the query to get processed - and the script to return my values. The inventory table has approx. 23000 records - and the partno_lookup has approx. 1100. Is there anyway I can optimize the sql - og perhaps optimize my postgresql db settings ? ( I am running my postgresql on FreeBSD, on a fairly adequite machine with 1GB RAM) I look forward to any pointers or hints you might have. Thanks. /mich -- Best Regards, Michael Landin Hostbaek FreeBSDCluster.org - an International Community */ PGP-key available upon request /* ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org