Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:36 +0100
To: "Kevin Kempter" <kevink@consistentstate.com>, pgsql-performance
	<pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: performance tuning queries
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> First off, any thoughts per tuning inserts into large tables. I have a  
> large
> table with an insert like this:
>
> insert into public.bigtab1 (text_col1, text_col2, id) values ...
>
>                 QUERY PLAN
> ------------------------------------------
>  Result  (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0)
> (1 row)
>
> The query cost is low but this is one of the slowest statements per  
> pgfouine

	Possible Causes of slow inserts :

	- slow triggers ?
	- slow foreign key checks ? (missing index on referenced table ?)
	- functional index on a slow function ?
	- crummy hardware (5 MB/s RAID cards, etc)
	- too many indexes ?

> Next we have a select count(*) that  also one of the top offenders:
>
> select count(*) from public.tab3  where user_id=31
> and state='A'
> and amount>0;
>
>                                              QUERY PLAN
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Aggregate  (cost=3836.53..3836.54 rows=1 width=0)
>    ->  Index Scan using order_user_indx ontab3 user_id   
> (cost=0.00..3834.29
> rows=897 width=0)
>          Index Cond: (idx_user_id = 31406948::numeric)
>          Filter: ((state = 'A'::bpchar) AND (amount > 0::numeric))
> (4 rows)
>
> We have an index on the user_id but not on the state or amount,
>
> add index to amount ?

	Can we see EXPLAIN ANALYZE ?

	In this case the ideal index would be multicolumn (user_id, state) or  
(user_id,amount) or (user_id,state,amount) but choosing between the 3  
depends on your data...

	You could do :

SELECT count(*), state, amount>0  FROM public.tab3  where user_id=31 GROUP  
BY state, amount>0;

	And post the results.