Hi One czech Postgres user reported performance issue related to speed HashAggregate in nested loop.
The speed of 9.6 HashAggregate (cost=27586.10..27728.66 rows=14256 width=24) (actual time=0.003..0.049 rows=39 loops=599203) The speed of 10.7 HashAggregate (cost=27336.78..27552.78 rows=21600 width=24) (actual time=0.011..0.156 rows=38 loops=597137) So it looks so HashAgg is about 3x slower - with brutal nested loop it is a problem. I wrote simple benchmark and really looks so our hash aggregate is slower and slower. create table foo(a int, b int, c int, d int, e int, f int); insert into foo select random()*1000, random()*4, random()*4, random()* 2, random()*100, random()*100 from generate_series(1,2000000); analyze foo; 9.6.7 postgres=# explain (analyze, buffers) select i from generate_series(1,500000) g(i) where exists (select count(*) cx from foo group by b, c, d having count(*) = i); ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ QUERY PLAN │ ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ Function Scan on generate_series g (cost=0.00..57739020.00 rows=500 width=4) (actual time=807.485..3364.515 rows=74 loops=1) │ │ Filter: (SubPlan 1) │ │ Rows Removed by Filter: 499926 │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739, temp read=856 written=855 │ │ SubPlan 1 │ │ -> HashAggregate (cost=57739.00..57739.75 rows=75 width=20) (actual time=0.006..0.006 rows=0 loops=500000) │ │ Group Key: foo.b, foo.c, foo.d │ │ Filter: (count(*) = g.i) │ │ Rows Removed by Filter: 75 │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ │ -> Seq Scan on foo (cost=0.00..32739.00 rows=2000000 width=12) (actual time=0.015..139.736 rows=2000000 loops=1) │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ │ Planning time: 0.276 ms │ │ Execution time: 3365.758 ms │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ (14 rows) 10.9 postgres=# explain (analyze, buffers) select i from generate_series(1,500000) g(i) where exists (select count(*) cx from foo group by b, c, d having count(*) = i); ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ QUERY PLAN │ ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ Function Scan on generate_series g (cost=0.00..57739020.00 rows=500 width=4) (actual time=825.468..4919.063 rows=74 loops=1) │ │ Filter: (SubPlan 1) │ │ Rows Removed by Filter: 499926 │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739, temp read=856 written=855 │ │ SubPlan 1 │ │ -> HashAggregate (cost=57739.00..57739.75 rows=75 width=20) (actual time=0.009..0.009 rows=0 loops=500000) │ │ Group Key: foo.b, foo.c, foo.d │ │ Filter: (count(*) = g.i) │ │ Rows Removed by Filter: 75 │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ │ -> Seq Scan on foo (cost=0.00..32739.00 rows=2000000 width=12) (actual time=0.025..157.887 rows=2000000 loops=1) │ │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ │ Planning time: 0.829 ms │ │ Execution time: 4920.800 ms │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ (14 rows) master postgres=# explain (analyze, buffers) select i from generate_series(1,500000) g(i) where exists (select count(*) cx from foo group by b, c, d having count(*) = i); ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │ QUERY PLAN ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ │ Function Scan on generate_series g (cost=0.00..28869973750.00 rows=250000 width=4) (actual time=901.639..6057.943 rows=74 loops=1) │ Filter: (SubPlan 1) │ Rows Removed by Filter: 499926 │ Buffers: shared hit=12739, temp read=855 written=855 │ SubPlan 1 │ -> HashAggregate (cost=57739.00..57739.94 rows=1 width=20) (actual time=0.012..0.012 rows=0 loops=500000) │ Group Key: foo.b, foo.c, foo.d │ Filter: (count(*) = g.i) │ Peak Memory Usage: 37 kB │ Rows Removed by Filter: 75 │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ -> Seq Scan on foo (cost=0.00..32739.00 rows=2000000 width=12) (actual time=0.017..262.497 rows=2000000 loops=1) │ Buffers: shared hit=12739 │ Planning Time: 0.275 ms │ Buffers: shared hit=1 │ Execution Time: 6059.266 ms └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── (16 rows) Regards Pavel