Re: =ANY(ARRAY) vs =ANY(ARRAY(expr)) performance
Rick Otten <rottenwindfish@gmail.com>
From: Rick Otten <rottenwindfish@gmail.com>
To: Ramdip Gill <ramdip.singhgill@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2022-11-14T14:11:18Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
I was able to reproduce a similar issue with using `= ANY(VALUES)` > instead of `= ANY(ARRAY)`: > > 1. fast query using =ANY(ARRAY): https://explain.depesz.com/s/dwP8 > 2. slow query using =ANY(ARRAY(expr)): https://explain.depesz.com/s/3hGb > 3. slow query using =ANY(VALUES): https://explain.depesz.com/s/cYrn > > I have found the "ANY" operator to be slow in general. It is almost always faster to use the "<@" operator: ``` -- more intuitive: select count(*) from testarray where 'test' = ANY (myarray) ; -- faster: select count(*) from testarray where ARRAY['test'::varchar] <@ myarray ; ``` It is just one of those things, like replacing "OR" with "UNION ALL" whenever possible too, that just make queries faster in PostgreSQL without a ton of effort or fuss.