2011/3/16 Tomas Vondra <t...@fuzzy.cz>:
> Dne 16.3.2011 21:38, Davenport, Julie napsal(a):
>> OK, I did the explain analyze on both sides (using a file for output
>> instead) and used the tool you suggested.
>>
>> 8.0 - http://explain.depesz.com/s/Wam
>> 8.4 - http://explain.depesz.com/s/asJ
>
> Great, that's exactly what I asked for. I'll repost that to the mailing
> list so that the others can check it too.
>
>> When I run the queries I get 59,881 rows on the 8.0 side and 59,880 on the
>> 8.4 side, which is what I expect because 8.4 side was updated a couple hours
>> later and some minor changes make sense.
>
> Hm, obviously both versions got the row estimates wrong, but the 8.4
> difference (200x) is much bigger that the 8.0 (10x). This might be one
> of the reasons why a different plan is chosen.
the expression
to_char(course_begin_date, 'YYYYMMDD'::text) = '20101025'::text
should be a problem
much better is test on equality in date domain like:
course_begin_date = to_date('20101025', 'YYYYMMDD')
this is faster and probably better estimated
Regards
Pavel Stehule
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