Re: Performance problems with prepared statements

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:28 +0000, Andrew - Supernews wrote:
> On 2007-10-10, Theo Kramer <theo@flame.co.za> wrote:
> > When doing a 'manual' prepare and explain analyze I get the following
> >
> > rascal=# prepare cq (char(12), smallint, integer) as SELECT oid,
> > calllog_mainteng, calllog_phase, calllog_self FROM calllog
> > WHERE calllog_mainteng = $1
> > AND calllog_phase = $2
> > AND calllog_self < $3
> > OR calllog_mainteng = $1
> > AND calllog_phase < $2
> > ORDER BY calllog_mainteng DESC,
> >  calllog_phase DESC,
> >  calllog_self DESC limit 25;
> > PREPARE
>
> When you do this from the application, are you passing it 3 parameters,
> or 5?  The plan is clearly taking advantage of the fact that the two
> occurrences of $1 and $2 are known to be the same value; if your app is
> using some interface that uses ? placeholders rather than numbered
> parameters, then the planner will not be able to make this assumption.

You may just have hit the nail on the head. I use numbered parameters
but have $1 to $5 ... let me take a look to see if I can change this.

> Also, from the application, is the LIMIT 25 passed as a constant or is that
> also a parameter?

A constant.

>
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Regards
Theo