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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: jobapply <jobapply@nextmail.ru>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Sorting on longer key is faster ?
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:47:50 -0400
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"jobapply" <jobapply@nextmail.ru> writes:
> The 2 queries are almost same, but ORDER BY x||t is FASTER than ORDER BY x..
> How can that be possible?

Hmm, how long are the x values?  Is it possible many of them are
TOASTed?

			regards, tom lane



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