Re: UNION and bad performance

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: UNION and bad performance
Date: 2010-12-11 13:45:47
Message-ID: 20101211134547.GB12385@tux
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Marc Mamin <M(dot)Mamin(at)intershop(dot)de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> UNION will remove all duplicates, so that the result additionally requires to
> be sorted.

Right, to avoid the SORT and UNIQUE - operation you can use UNION ALL

>
> Anyway, for performance issues, you should always start investigation with
> explain analyze .

ACK.

Arguments to support bottom-posting...

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Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm replying?

Andreas
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