#postgresql on Freenode recommended I post this here.
I'm seeing some odd behaviour with LIMIT. The query plans are included
here, as are the applicable table and index definitions. All table,
index, and query information can be found in a standard dbmail 1.2.6
install, if anyone wants to try
shared_buffers = 1000
sort_mem = 1024
effective_cache_size = 1000
effective_cache_size should be much higher, like 3/4 of your available RAM.
This is probably the essence of your planner problem; the planner thinks you
have no RAM.
I set effective_cache_size to 64000 on a machine with
Accidentally sent directly to Josh.
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From: Joey Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:57:49 -0600
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Interesting performance behaviour
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I see a similar speedup (and change in query plan) using LIMIT 1
