Re: TB-sized databases

Ron Mayer wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> writes:
>>> Would another possible condition for considering
>>> Cartesian joins be be:
>>>    * Consider Cartesian joins when a unique constraint can prove
>>>      that at most one row will be pulled from one of the tables
>>>      that would be part of this join?
>>
>> What for?  That would still lead us to consider large numbers of totally
>> useless joins.
>
> Often I get order-of-magnitude better queries by forcing the cartesian
> join even without multi-column indexes.

Ah - and sometimes even 2 order of magnitude improvements.

1.1 seconds with Cartesian join, 200 seconds if it
doesn't use it.



logs=# explain analyze select * from fact natural join (select * from d_ref natural join d_uag where ref_host =
'www.real.com'and ref_path = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html' and ref_query =
'?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='and useragent = 'Mozilla/4.0
(compatible;MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)' offset 0 ) as a; 

          QUERY PLAN 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Nested Loop  (cost=6465.12..7575.91 rows=367 width=2096) (actual time=1118.741..1119.207 rows=122 loops=1)
    ->  Limit  (cost=0.00..14.22 rows=1 width=218) (actual time=0.526..0.542 rows=1 loops=1)
          ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..14.22 rows=1 width=218) (actual time=0.524..0.537 rows=1 loops=1)
                ->  Index Scan using i_ref__val on d_ref  (cost=0.00..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.168..0.170
rows=1loops=1) 
                      Index Cond: (((ref_path)::text = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html'::text) AND
((ref_host)::text= 'www.real.com'::text) AND ((ref_query)::text =
'?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='::text))
                ->  Index Scan using i_uag__val on d_uag  (cost=0.00..6.38 rows=1 width=91) (actual time=0.347..0.355
rows=1loops=1) 
                      Index Cond: ((useragent)::text = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)'::text)
    ->  Bitmap Heap Scan on fact  (cost=6465.12..7556.18 rows=367 width=32) (actual time=1118.196..1118.491 rows=122
loops=1)
          Recheck Cond: ((fact.uag_id = a.uag_id) AND (fact.ref_id = a.ref_id))
          ->  BitmapAnd  (cost=6465.12..6465.12 rows=367 width=0) (actual time=1115.565..1115.565 rows=0 loops=1)
                ->  Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__uag_id  (cost=0.00..2770.83 rows=196223 width=0) (actual
time=813.859..813.859rows=1183470 loops=1) 
                      Index Cond: (fact.uag_id = a.uag_id)
                ->  Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__ref_id  (cost=0.00..3581.50 rows=253913 width=0) (actual
time=8.667..8.667rows=13751 loops=1) 
                      Index Cond: (fact.ref_id = a.ref_id)
  Total runtime: 1122.245 ms
(15 rows)

logs=# explain analyze select * from fact natural join (select * from d_ref natural join d_uag where ref_host =
'www.real.com'and ref_path = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html' and ref_query =
'?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='and useragent = 'Mozilla/4.0
(compatible;MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)' ) as a; 

       QUERY PLAN 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Hash Join  (cost=2827.72..398919.05 rows=1 width=242) (actual time=114138.193..200622.416 rows=122 loops=1)
    Hash Cond: (fact.ref_id = d_ref.ref_id)
    ->  Nested Loop  (cost=2819.88..398908.65 rows=511 width=119) (actual time=1524.600..199522.182 rows=1183470
loops=1)
          ->  Index Scan using i_uag__val on d_uag  (cost=0.00..6.38 rows=1 width=91) (actual time=0.023..0.033 rows=1
loops=1)
                Index Cond: ((useragent)::text = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98)'::text)
          ->  Bitmap Heap Scan on fact  (cost=2819.88..396449.49 rows=196223 width=32) (actual
time=1524.562..197627.135rows=1183470 loops=1) 
                Recheck Cond: (fact.uag_id = d_uag.uag_id)
                ->  Bitmap Index Scan on i__fact__uag_id  (cost=0.00..2770.83 rows=196223 width=0) (actual
time=758.888..758.888rows=1183470 loops=1) 
                      Index Cond: (fact.uag_id = d_uag.uag_id)
    ->  Hash  (cost=7.83..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.067..0.067 rows=1 loops=1)
          ->  Index Scan using i_ref__val on d_ref  (cost=0.00..7.83 rows=1 width=127) (actual time=0.058..0.060 rows=1
loops=1)
                Index Cond: (((ref_path)::text = '/products/player/more_info/moreinfo.html'::text) AND
((ref_host)::text= 'www.real.com'::text) AND ((ref_query)::text =
'?ID=370&DC=&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=6.0.11.818&PT=&OS=&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV='::text))
  Total runtime: 200625.636 ms
(13 rows)

logs=#