From: | "Nicolas Prentzas" <prentzas(at)spidernet(dot)net> |
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To: | <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Parameters for views based on other views |
Date: | 2002-10-24 16:56:39 |
Message-ID: | 000501c27b7e$5301d540$0200a8c0@nicolas |
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Hi,
I have a complex query that I want to make more manageable by splitting it
into two separate views
and using a third view to bring the two together. So I have something like
CREATE VIEW vw1 AS
SELECT A.Field1, B.Field2 FROM A, B WHERE A.Field3=B.Field3;
CREATE VIEW vw2 AS
SELECT B.Field5, C.Field6 FROM B, C WHERE B.Field7=C.Field7;
CREATE VIEW vw3 AS
SELECT * FROM vw1, vw2 WHERE vw1.Field1=vw2.Field5;
(the real case for the above is of course much more complicated)
I can now open the third view by
SELECT * FROM vw3 WHERE Field1=13 AND Field2=23;
However this query runs very slow. I tried defining the views with
parameters in the WHERE clauses
in each view and I got a MUCH BETTER performance. So my questions are:
* Why does this happen? Doesn't PG use the parameters to open each view?
* How can I define views with variables as parameters so that I can assign
values to the parameters
and then open the view? If there is a way for this, does it improve
performance?
* I am thinking of writing a function that will drop these views and
recreate them with parameters
in each view and return the result of the select statement above. Is this a
good idea?
* What is the general way of using parameterized queries in PG?
Thanks for any suggestions
Nicolas
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