"Marc Mamin" <M(dot)Mamin(at)intershop(dot)de> writes:
> According to the documentation, I thought it was possible to force given
> join orders with parenthesis.
You can do that if you dial down join_collapse_limit. Bear in mind that
leaves you *solely* responsible for picking an intelligent join order.
I wouldn't recommend it as a production setting.
regards, tom lane