I am not sure what you mean by reformulate the data representation. Do
you mean do I have to join on all three columns?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:18 PM
To: Ozer, Pam
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Slow Query- Bad Row Estimate
"Ozer, Pam" <pozer@automotive.com> writes:
> Unfortunately I have not received a response on this question. Is
more
> information needed? Does anyone have any ideas why the estimates may
be
> bad? Or what I might be able to do to speed this up?
The most likely explanation for the bad rowcount estimates is that there
is correlation between the regionid/countyid/cityid columns, only the
planner doesn't know it. Can you reformulate that data representation
at all, or at least avoid depending on it as a join key?
regards, tom lane