Re: Slow SQL?

Hi Bjorn,

I have experienced that some subqueries can be quite slow, and would suspect the NOT IN
clause. I occasionally rewrite
NOT IN (select key from unwanted_candidates)
as
IN (select key from possible_candidates except select key from unwanted_candidates)

Admittedly, I am not running latest version

Regards
Wolfgang Hamann

>> I am trying to move a small system from Oracle to PostgreSQL and I have come upon a sql that runs really slow
comparedto on the Oracle database and 
>> I am not able to interpret why this is slow.
>>
>> The SQL looks like this:
>>
>>
>> Select a.status, a.plass, a.navn, a.avlsnr,
>>            date_part('day',(now() - s.dato)) dato_diff, v.tekst, COALESCE(a.avlsverdi,0)
>> From   sed_uttak s, sem_avlsverdi a, semin_vare v
>> where a.aktiv = 1
>> And    s.dato  = (Select Max(y.dato)
>>                           From sed_uttak y
>>                           Where y.avlsnr = s.avlsnr)
>> And    a.avlsnr = s.avlsnr
>> And    s.sedtype  = v.tallkode
>> And     a.avlsnr Not In (Select avlsnr
>>                                     From dyr_pause_mot)
>> Union
>> Select a.status, a.plass, a.navn, a.avlsnr,
>>            date_part('day',(now() - s.dato)) dato_diff, 'Tappe pause', COALESCE(a.avlsverdi,0)
>> From   sed_uttak s, sem_avlsverdi a,  dyr_pause_mot p
>> Where s.dato = (Select Max(x.dato)
>>                           From sed_uttak x
>>                           Where x.avlsnr = s.avlsnr)
>> And      a.avlsnr = s.avlsnr
>> And      a.avlsnr = p.avlsnr
>> Union
>> Select a.status, a.plass, a.navn, a.avlsnr, null dato_diff, 'IKKE TAPPET', COALESCE(a.avlsverdi,0)
>> From   sem_avlsverdi a
>> Where a.aktiv = 1
>> And   a.avlsnr Not In (Select avlsnr From sed_uttak)
>> And   a.avlsnr Not In (Select avlsnr From dyr_pause_mot)
>>
>>
>>
>> And the explain result looks like this:
>>
>> HashAggregate  (cost=7288068.92..7288092.10 rows=2318 width=36) (actual time=10740.366..10741.879 rows=6475 loops=1)
                                                          
>>   Group Key: a.status, a.plass, a.navn, a.avlsnr, (date_part('day'::text, (now() - (s.dato)::timestamp with time
zone))),v.tekst, (COALESCE((a.avlsverdi)::integer, 0))        
>>   ->  Append  (cost=1.46..7288028.35 rows=2318 width=36) (actual time=0.203..10730.906 rows=8915 loops=1)
                                                          
>>         ->  Nested Loop  (cost=1.46..7274678.41 rows=698 width=82) (actual time=0.203..10638.870 rows=8602 loops=1)
                                                          
>>               Join Filter: (s.sedtype = v.tallkode)
                                                          
>>               Rows Removed by Join Filter: 127006
                                                          
>>               ->  Nested Loop  (cost=1.46..7274438.07 rows=698 width=26) (actual time=0.189..10607.509 rows=6164
loops=1)                                                      
>>                     ->  Seq Scan on sem_avlsverdi a  (cost=1.04..153.19 rows=3238 width=16) (actual
time=0.024..4.027rows=6474 loops=1)                                        
>>                           Filter: ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 5)) AND (aktiv = 1))
                                                          
>>                           Rows Removed by Filter: 3
                                                          
>>                           SubPlan 5
                                                          
>>                             ->  Seq Scan on dyr_pause_mot dyr_pause_mot_1  (cost=0.00..1.03 rows=3 width=4) (actual
time=0.002..0.003rows=3 loops=1)                           
>>                     ->  Index Scan using idx_seduttak_avlsnr on sed_uttak s  (cost=0.42..2246.53 rows=1 width=14)
(actualtime=1.404..1.637 rows=1 loops=6474)                  
>>                           Index Cond: (avlsnr = a.avlsnr)
                                                          
>>                           Filter: (dato = (SubPlan 4))
                                                          
>>                           Rows Removed by Filter: 42
                                                          
>>                           SubPlan 4
                                                          
>>                             ->  Aggregate  (cost=43.09..43.10 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=0.037..0.037 rows=1
loops=279035)                                                   
>>                                   ->  Index Scan using idx_seduttak_avlsnr on sed_uttak y  (cost=0.42..42.96 rows=52
width=8)(actual time=0.003..0.029 rows=76 loops=279035)   
>>                                         Index Cond: (avlsnr = s.avlsnr)
                                                          
>>               ->  Materialize  (cost=0.00..1.33 rows=22 width=60) (actual time=0.000..0.001 rows=22 loops=6164)
                                                          
>>                     ->  Seq Scan on semin_vare v  (cost=0.00..1.22 rows=22 width=60) (actual time=0.002..0.005
rows=22loops=1)                                                 
>>         ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.70..6761.33 rows=1 width=24) (actual time=0.342..1.801 rows=3 loops=1)
                                                          
>>               ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.28..25.96 rows=3 width=20) (actual time=0.008..0.015 rows=3 loops=1)
                                                          
>>                     ->  Seq Scan on dyr_pause_mot p  (cost=0.00..1.03 rows=3 width=4) (actual time=0.002..0.002
rows=3loops=1)                                                 
>>                     ->  Index Scan using idx_avlsverdi_avlsnr on sem_avlsverdi a_1  (cost=0.28..8.30 rows=1
width=16)(actual time=0.003..0.003 rows=1 loops=3)                 
>>                           Index Cond: (avlsnr = p.avlsnr)
                                                          
>>               ->  Index Scan using idx_seduttak_avlsnr on sed_uttak s_1  (cost=0.42..2245.11 rows=1 width=12)
(actualtime=0.377..0.589 rows=1 loops=3)                         
>>                     Index Cond: (avlsnr = a_1.avlsnr)
                                                          
>>                     Filter: (dato = (SubPlan 3))
                                                          
>>                     Rows Removed by Filter: 27
                                                          
>>                     SubPlan 3
                                                          
>>                       ->  Aggregate  (cost=43.09..43.10 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=0.020..0.020 rows=1 loops=85)
                                                          
>>                             ->  Index Scan using idx_seduttak_avlsnr on sed_uttak x  (cost=0.42..42.96 rows=52
width=8)(actual time=0.002..0.015 rows=37 loops=85)             
>>                                   Index Cond: (avlsnr = s_1.avlsnr)
                                                          
>>         ->  Seq Scan on sem_avlsverdi a_2  (cost=6393.04..6565.43 rows=1619 width=16) (actual time=87.448..89.059
rows=310loops=1)                                             
>>               Filter: ((NOT (hashed SubPlan 1)) AND (NOT (hashed SubPlan 2)) AND (aktiv = 1))
                                                          
>>               Rows Removed by Filter: 6167
                                                          
>>               SubPlan 1
                                                          
>>                 ->  Seq Scan on sed_uttak  (cost=0.00..5694.20 rows=279120 width=4) (actual time=0.005..36.384
rows=279120loops=1)                                             
>>               SubPlan 2
                                                          
>>                 ->  Seq Scan on dyr_pause_mot  (cost=0.00..1.03 rows=3 width=4) (actual time=0.002..0.003 rows=3
loops=1)                                                      
>> Planning time: 0.927 ms
                                                          
>> Execution time: 10742.300ms
                                                         
>>
>>
>> Appreciate any pointers on where to look... :)
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> BTJ
>>
>> --
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Bjørn T Johansen
>>
>> btj@havleik.no
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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