Re: join and query planner

You might want to set join_collapse_limit high, and use the JOIN
operators rather than the comma-separated lists. We generate the WHERE
clause on the fly, based on user input, and this has worked well for us.

-Kevin


>>> "Dario" <dario_d_s(at)unitech(dot)com(dot)ar> 07/18/05 2:24 PM >>>
Hi.

> Just out of curiosity, does it do any better with the following?
>
> SELECT ...

Yes, it does.

But my query could also be
SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN b ON (a.key = b.key)
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
LEFT JOIN d ON (d.key=a.key)
/*new*/ , e
WHERE (b.column <= 100)
/*new*/ and (e.key = a.key) and (e.field = 'filter')

because it's constructed by an application. I needed to know if,
somehow,
someway, I can "unforce" join order.
The only way to solve it so far is changing application. It must build
something like

SELECT ...
FROM b
JOIN (a JOIN e ON (e.key = a.key)) ON (a.key = b.key)
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
LEFT JOIN d ON (d.key=a.key)
WHERE (b.column <= 100) and (e.field = 'filter')

Supossed that e.field has (should have) better selectivity. But now this
problem belongs to programmer's group :-)

The query, in fact, has more tables to join. I wonder if lowering geqo
threshold could do the work...

Thank you. Greetings. Long life, little spam and prosperity!

-----Mensaje original-----
De: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]En nombre de Kevin
Grittner
Enviado el: lunes, 18 de julio de 2005 14:58
Para: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org; dariop(at)unitech(dot)com(dot)ar
Asunto: Re: [PERFORM] join and query planner

Just out of curiosity, does it do any better with the following?

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN b ON (a.key = b.key)
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
LEFT JOIN d ON (d.key=a.key)
WHERE (b.column <= 100)

>>> snipp

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