The query keeps showing up in my slow query log.
This changes the plan under the top-level Sort node from
```
WindowAgg (cost=280335.88..292963.15 rows=561212 width=80) (actual time=138.651..160.562 rows=27112 loops=1)
-> Sort (cost=280335.88..281738.91 rows=561212 width=84) (actual time=138.597..140.622 rows=27112 loops=1)
Sort Key: state_groups_state.type, state_groups_state.state_key, state_groups_state.state_group
Sort Method: quicksort Memory: 4581kB
-> Nested Loop (cost=2.83..226745.22 rows=561212 width=84) (actual time=21.548..47.657 rows=27112 loops=1)
-> HashAggregate (cost=2.27..3.28 rows=101 width=8) (actual time=21.526..21.535 rows=20 loops=1)
Group Key: state.state_group
-> CTE Scan on state (cost=0.00..2.02 rows=101 width=8) (actual time=21.280..21.493 rows=20 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using state_groups_state_type_idx on state_groups_state (cost=0.56..2189.40 rows=5557 width=84) (actual time=0.005..0.991 rows=1356 loops=20)
Index Cond: (state_group = state.state_group)
```
to
```
Nested Loop (cost=2.83..226745.22 rows=561212 width=84) (actual time=24.194..52.834 rows=27112 loops=1)
-> HashAggregate (cost=2.27..3.28 rows=101 width=8) (actual time=24.130..24.138 rows=20 loops=1)
Group Key: state.state_group
-> CTE Scan on state (cost=0.00..2.02 rows=101 width=8) (actual time=23.887..24.113 rows=20 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using state_groups_state_type_idx on state_groups_state (cost=0.56..2189.40 rows=5557 width=84) (actual time=0.016..1.159 rows=1356 loops=20)
Index Cond: (state_group = state.state_group)
```
This cuts the execution time from ~190ms to ~130ms, i.e. a reduction
of ~30%.
The full plans are visualised at https://explain.depesz.com/s/WpbT and
https://explain.depesz.com/s/KlEk
Signed-off-by: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
Patrick Cloke