Re: Query hangs (and then timeout) after using COPY to import data

On 2/12/24 08:42, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 2/11/24 15:13, steott@gmail.com wrote:
>> Thanks, Adrian, for the suggestion, but same problem.
>>
>> I've just tried to execute "ANALYZE" (on the whole database) after the 
>> import of all the tables (with COPY) and before the other queries, but 
>> the query always hangs (I hope this was the way you suggested).
> 
> Yes, this is what I was suggesting. Anytime I see data migration and 
> slow queries, my first suggestion is to run ANALYZE to get the planner 
> statistics up to date. That at least eliminates one possible source of 
> slowness. In this case though there seems to be something else at work, 
> see Tom Lanes suggestion. This may end up requiring installing 
> auto-explain:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auto-explain.html
> 
> to get an EXPLAIN of the query.

I should have added, auto-explain incurs overhead so you just want to 
run it until you solve the issue.

> 
>>
>> Stefano
> 
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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