From: | Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> |
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To: | Benjamin Smith <lists(at)benjamindsmith(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: converting in() clause into a with prefix? |
Date: | 2015-10-16 22:06:44 |
Message-ID: | 562174F4.7020103@BlueTreble.com |
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On 10/16/15 1:18 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote:
> I have a horribly-performing query similar to below, and I'd like to convert
> it to use a "WITH mytable as ( ... ) " without having to re-architect my code.
> For some reason, using a WITH prefix seems to generally work much faster than
> IN() sub clause even allowing identical results. (runs in 1/4th the time)
Presumably it's faster because WITH is currently an optimization fence.
Instead of WITH, you could also do
WHERE (classes.school_id, classes.building_id) IN( SELECT a, b FROM
unnest(...) u(a, b))
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
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