Commit d7607ba9 authored by Steve Abrams's avatar Steve Abrams Committed by Mayra Cabrera

Add note about using postgres.ai to create data

parent 8e24a20c
......@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ test its execution using `CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY` in the `#database-lab` Slac
`gitlab-org/gitlab-foss` (`project_id = 13083`) or the `gitlab-org/gitlab` (`project_id = 278964`)
projects provide enough data to serve as a good example.
- That means that no query plan should return 0 records or less records than the provided limit (if a limit is included). If a query is used in batching, a proper example batch with adequate included results should be identified and provided.
- If your queries belong to a new feature in GitLab.com and thus they don't return data in production, it's suggested to analyze the query and to provide the plan from a local environment.
- If your queries belong to a new feature in GitLab.com and thus they don't return data in production:
- You may analyze the query and to provide the plan from a local environment.
- `#database-lab` and [postgres.ai](https://postgres.ai/) both allow updates to data (`exec UPDATE issues SET ...`) and creation of new tables and columns (`exec ALTER TABLE issues ADD COLUMN ...`).
- More information on how to find the number of actual returned records in [Understanding EXPLAIN plans](understanding_explain_plans.md)
- For query changes, it is best to provide both the SQL queries along with the
plan _before_ and _after_ the change. This helps spot differences quickly.
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