Re: left outer join taking too long?

"Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6@bcbsm.com> writes:
> Merge Join  (cost=1081799.72..1088792.93 rows=1518781 width=237)
>   ->  Index Scan using t_mbr_ben_spans_i on t_mbr_ben_spans b
> (cost=0.00..3053.66 rows=51333 width=30)
>   ->  Sort  (cost=1081799.72..1081799.72 rows=1518781 width=207)
>         ->  Seq Scan on mbr a  (cost=0.00..73602.81 rows=1518781 width=207)

Increasing sort_mem would make that cost estimate drop.  What effects
it'd have on the actual runtime is harder to say; but I never trust
EXPLAIN's estimates very much ;-)

            regards, tom lane