Re: Outer joins and equivalence

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Outer joins and equivalence
Date: 2008-05-27 21:43:12
Message-ID: 14085.1211924592@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I have a complex query where making a small change to the SQL increases
> run-time by > 1000 times.

> The first SQL statement is of the form

> A JOIN B ON (a.id = b.id) LEFT JOIN C ON (a.id = c.id)

> and the second is like this

> A JOIN B ON (a.id = b.id) LEFT JOIN C ON (b.id = c.id)

> the only difference is the substitution of a -> b

Please provide an actual test case.

regards, tom lane

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