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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nis_J=F8rgensen?= <nis@superlativ.dk>
Subject: Re: Performance issue with 8.2.3 - "C" application
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:17:58 +0200
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Karl Denninger skrev:
> I've got an interesting issue here that I'm running into with 8.2.3
> 
> This is an application that has run quite well for a long time, and has
> been operating without significant changes (other than recompilation)
> since back in the early 7.x Postgres days.  But now we're seeing a LOT
> more load than we used to with it, and suddenly, we're seeing odd
> performance issues.
> 
> It APPEARS that the problem isn't query performance per-se.  That is,
> while I can find a few processes here and there in a run state when I
> look with a PS, I don't see them consistently churning.
> 
> But.... here's the query that has a habit of taking the most time....
> 
> select forum, * from post where toppost = 1 and (replied > (select
> lastview from forumlog where login='theuser' and forum=post.forum and
> number is null)) is not false AND (replied > (select lastview from
> forumlog where login='theuser' and forum=post.forum and
> number=post.number)) is not false order by pinned desc, replied desc offset 0 limit 20

Since I can do little to help you with anything else, here is a little
help from a guy with a hammer. It seems you may be able to convert the
subqueries into a left join. Not sure whether this helps, nor whether I
got some bits of the logic wrong, but something like this might help the
planner find a better plan:

SELECT forum, *
FROM post
LEFT JOIN forumlog
ON post.forum = forumlog.forum
AND forumlog.login = 'theuser'
AND (post.number = forumlog.number OR forumlog.number IS NULL)
AND post.replied <= lastview
WHERE forumlog.forum IS NULL
AND forum.toppost = 1
ORDER BY pinned DESC, replied DESC OFFSET 0 LIMIT 20 ;


Nis