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EXPLAIN ANALYZE

Interview Questions

  1. What is EXPLAIN?
  2. What is EXPLAIN ANALYZE?
  3. What's the difference between estimated cost and actual execution time?
  4. What does rows mean in an execution plan?
  5. What does loops mean?
  6. How do you identify a bottleneck in an execution plan?
  7. What does "Rows Removed by Filter" mean?
  8. How can you identify an inefficient Sequential Scan?
  9. How can EXPLAIN ANALYZE help you decide whether an index is needed?
  10. Walk me through how you would optimize a query using EXPLAIN ANALYZE.
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