On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:42 PM, <dan@sidhe.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:42 PM, <dan@sidhe.org> wrote:
>>> Arguably in this case the actual query should run faster than the
>>> EXPLAIN
>>> ANALYZE version, since the cache is hot. (Though that'd only likely
>>> shave
>>> a few dozen ms off the runtime)
>>
>> Joining a lot of tables together? Could be GEQO kicking in.
>
> Only if I get different query plans for the query depending on whether
> it's being EXPLAIN ANALYZEd or not. That seems unlikely...
Yes, you can. In fact you often will. Not because it's being
explained or not, just because that's how GEQO works.