X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6EEB9DCA57 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:27:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22055-06 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:27:51 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk (smtp.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.54]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC1F9DC803 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:27:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (unknown [84.12.26.47]) by smtp.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5D4254027; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:27:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Strange Create Index behaviour From: Simon Riggs To: Gary Doades Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <43F38867.6010701@gpdnet.co.uk> References: <43F38867.6010701@gpdnet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:27:27 +0000 Message-Id: <1140038847.12131.155.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.086 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.086] X-Spam-Score: 0.086 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200602/217 X-Sequence-Number: 17203 On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 20:00 +0000, Gary Doades wrote: > I have put together a test case Please enable trace_sort=on and then repeat tests and post the accompanying log file. I think this is simply the sort taking longer depending upon the data distribution, but I'd like to know for sure. Thanks, Best Regards, Simon Riggs