Re: 7.2.1 optimises very badly against 7.2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: 10 July 2002 15:01
> To: Sam Liddicott
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 7.2.1 optimises very badly against 7.2
>
> If we could get by with a rule as simplistic as "never use a
> seqscan if you can avoid it" then the planner could be a lot simpler.
> Your real gripe is that the planner is overestimating the costs of
> indexscans relative to seqscans; that would be more appropriately
> addressed by lowering random_page_cost a little than by getting out
> the sledgehammer.
>
> A more practical reason not to do that is that in situations where a
> seqscan is not avoidable, enable_seq_scan = OFF is likely to cause the
> planner to make bad choices, since the disable cost will swamp out all
> the actually-useful cost judgments.

Right.  Do you feel the random page cost of 3 is good to solve this?
Is it solely a tuning problem at my end, or do you want to do further tests
to derive a better default value?

Sam