From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Gerardo Herzig <gherzig(at)fmed(dot)uba(dot)ar> |
Cc: | postgres list <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: advice on query joining 10 tables |
Date: | 2010-05-10 20:37:38 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTimCg_3fZ_dAHPcFQalvgO6SaFeEHHY62g45hv95@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Gerardo Herzig <gherzig(at)fmed(dot)uba(dot)ar> wrote:
> Hi all. Im triyng to see if i can improve the performance of a query
> (mainly a 10 table join)
>
> 1) Besides of triyng to use indexes, there is some rules of thumb to follow?
log long running queries for later analysis?
> 2) Should i try to join the bigger tables last in the query?
The query planner can do that for you automatically.
> 3) There is some place for understanding EXPLAIN better?
Here and the docs? I've found it pretty easy to post one here and ask
for help and get it on why a query isn't running well. Note that
explain analyze is much preferred to plain explain.
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