olirice@index_advisor

v0.2.1Created 2 years agoBy olirice

index_advisor

index_advisor is an extension for recommending indexes to improve query performance.

Installation

Note:

hypopg is a dependency of index_advisor. Dependency resolution is currently under development. In the future it will not be necessary to manually create dependencies.

select dbdev.install('olirice@index_advisor');
create extension if not exists hypopg;
create extension "olirice@index_advisor" version '0.2.0';

Features:

  • Supports generic parameters e.g. $1, $2
  • Supports materialized views
  • Identifies tables/columns obfuscaed by views

API

Description

For a given query, searches for a set of SQL DDL create index statements that improve the query's execution time;

Signature

index_advisor(query text)
returns
    table  (
        startup_cost_before jsonb,
        startup_cost_after jsonb,
        total_cost_before jsonb,
        total_cost_after jsonb,
        index_statements text[],
        errors text[]
    )

Usage

For a minimal example, the index_advisor function can be given a single table query with a filter on an unindexed column.

create extension if not exists index_advisor cascade;

create table book(
  id int primary key,
  title text not null
);

select
    *
from
  index_advisor('select book.id from book where title = $1');

 startup_cost_before | startup_cost_after | total_cost_before | total_cost_after |                  index_statements                   | errors
---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------
 0.00                | 1.17               | 25.88             | 6.40             | {"CREATE INDEX ON public.book USING btree (title)"},| {}
(1 row)

More complex queries may generate additional suggested indexes

create extension if not exists index_advisor cascade;

create table author(
    id serial primary key,
    name text not null
);

create table publisher(
    id serial primary key,
    name text not null,
    corporate_address text
);

create table book(
    id serial primary key,
    author_id int not null references author(id),
    publisher_id int not null references publisher(id),
    title text
);

create table review(
    id serial primary key,
    book_id int references book(id),
    body text not null
);

select
    *
from
    index_advisor('
        select
            book.id,
            book.title,
            publisher.name as publisher_name,
            author.name as author_name,
            review.body review_body
        from
            book
            join publisher
                on book.publisher_id = publisher.id
            join author
                on book.author_id = author.id
            join review
                on book.id = review.book_id
        where
            author.id = $1
            and publisher.id = $2
    ');

 startup_cost_before | startup_cost_after | total_cost_before | total_cost_after |                  index_statements                         | errors
---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------
 27.26               | 12.77              | 68.48             | 42.37            | {"CREATE INDEX ON public.book USING btree (author_id)",   | {}
                                                                                    "CREATE INDEX ON public.book USING btree (publisher_id)",
                                                                                    "CREATE INDEX ON public.review USING btree (book_id)"}
(3 rows)

Install

  1. Install the dbdev package manager
  2. Install the package:
select dbdev.install('olirice@index_advisor');
create extension "olirice@index_advisor"
    version '0.2.1';

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