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Prune unused joins

I have expected that selecting from a view would not join the tables from which I don't query any values, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I have a bunch of tables with the following structure: ...
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How un-clustered is a CLUSTER USING table

I have some tables which benefit greatly from CLUSTER ON/CLUSTER USING in Postgres. Data accessed at the same time is "defragmented" into a small number of disk blocks: # CLUSTER table USING ...
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Postgres: count(*) vs count(id)

I saw in the documentation the difference between count(*) and count(pk). I had been using count(pk) (where pk is a SERIAL PRIMARY KEY) not knowing about the existence of count(*). My question is ...
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strategies to get data from diff database [closed]

Problem I have two databases user_works database and pricing database. I want to take a join of two tables user_table which is in user_works database & rent_table which is in pricing database ...
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Optimizing queries on a range of timestamps (two columns)

I use postgresql-9.1 with ubuntu 12.04. I need to select records inside a range of time: my table time_limits has two timestamp fields and one property integer. Indeed there are other info columns ...
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Correct use of VOLATILE COST (and ROWS) indications in Postgresql stored procedure

While looking at several examples of pl/python and pl/pgsql, I have seen many - but not all - using volatile cost. ie: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION my_function() RETURNS setof record AS $BODY$ -- ...
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Faster joining on 'most recent' related rows

I have a bug tracking application. The bug table stores very little, because every state change to a bug happens by adding a comment. For example, the current state of a bug is determined by the state ...
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Does PostgreSQL optimize queries in transaction?

In my app I need to make big imports from user files, and to achieve that all records are updated/created I do it inside transaction. But before it I need to update massive, already existing in DB, ...
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Does the order of fields in SELECT query matter when using composite indexing?

I understand that the order of columns in the index itself matters immensely; however, what about the order of columns in the subsequent SELECT queries that make use of that index? For example, if I ...
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Best book on query optimization, rewriting, refactoring [closed]

I have a specific problem: huge amounts of Web-related data in Postgres db. The queries running against the data are often very inefficient. But in a more general sense, I need a book that explains ...
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Determining which isolation level is appropriate

This is a homework question. For the following transactions state the isolation level that will maximize throughput without lowering the integrity of the database. Explain the answer. ...
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Finding the bottleneck by analyzing Munin graphs

We’ve been experiencing some issues with our database server during peak hours. In our Nginx error-log we can see that a lot of requests get timed out. The requests are also very slow. We have had ...
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PostgreSQL 9.1 - Asynchroneous commits performance boost

During peak hours our users experience a lot of timeouts due to an overloaded database server. We are currently trying to make optimizations in order to cope with the high traffic. We read in the ...
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Is the optimisation fence behaviour of a CTE (WITH query) specified in the SQL:2008 standard? If so, where?

I see frequent references to WITH queries (common table expressions, or CTEs) acting as an optimisation fence, where the server isn't permitted to push filters down into the CTE queries, pull common ...
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Optimising query on view that merges similar tables with a clear discriminator

Using PostgreSQL 8.4, I have a number of tables that have a very similar structure, but that belong to different categories: CREATE TABLE table_a ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, event_time TIMESTAMP ...
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PostgreSQL tree structure and recursive CTE optimization

I'm trying to represent a tree structure in PostgreSQL (8.4) to be able to query the path from the root to a given node or to find all the nodes within a sub-branch. Here is a test table: CREATE ...
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Huge database logging of event type rows and ways to optimize it

We have a database that stores events. Events are generated at a 1000 per sec rate. We need to keep these events accessible for some years. Usual use of these events is selecting some of them from the ...
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Fastest validation query in PostgreSQL

What is the fastest query in PostgreSQL, which I can use as a validationQuery binding a JNDI resource? I though that SELECT 1 is the simplest, but in this document it is said that in PostgreSQL we ...
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PostgreSQL and query planner

I have question about query planner in PostgreSQL. I know, that this planner is taking data from pg_statistics, but... Can anyone tell me on what basis this planner is taking those informations to ...