On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 09:11, Les <nagy...@gmail.com> wrote:

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>     ->  Index Only Scan using oo_file_idx_relpath on media.oo_file f2  
> (cost=0.55..108499.27 rows=5381 width=0) (actual time=564.756..564.756 rows=0 
> loops=45)|
>           Filter: (f2.relpath ~~ (f.relpath || '%'::text))                    
>                                                                               
>   |
>           Rows Removed by Filter: 792025                                      
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>   |
>           Heap Fetches: 768960                                                
>                                                                               
>   |
>           Buffers: shared hit=7014130                                         
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>   |
> Planning Time: 0.361 ms
> Execution Time: 25415.088 ms


>     ->  Seq Scan on media.oo_file of2  (cost=0.00..144714.70 rows=86960 
> width=0) (actual time=0.044..0.044 rows=1 loops=1)|
>           Filter: (of2.relpath ~~ 'Felhasználók%'::text)                      
>                                             |
>           Rows Removed by Filter: 15                                          
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>           Buffers: shared hit=2                                               
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> Planning Time: 0.290 ms                                                       
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> Execution Time: 0.076 ms                                                      
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>
> In other words, I could write a pl/sql function with a nested loop instead of 
> the problematic query, and it will be 1000 times faster.
>
> What am I missing?

In the fast case the 'Felhasználók%' part is known at query planning
time, so it can be a prefix search.

In the slow case, the planner doesn't know what that value will be, it
could be something that starts with '%' for example.

Also your logic looks a bit unsafe, the query you have would include
files under all top-level folders with names starting with
Felhasználók, so you could accidentally merge in files in folders
called Felhasználókfoo and Felhasználókbar for example.


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