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Hi all,
I am running pg 7.3.1.
My query is very simple but pg generates not the best possible plan for
me:analyze select * from a_doc D left outer join (A_SKLAD S join A_MED M
ON(S.IDS_MED=M.IDS) )on( d.IDS=s.IDS_DOC)  where d.IDS='SOF_700060';


The plan is:

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Nested Loop  (cost=1.26..111442.07 rows=6 width=2091) (actual
time=99512.48..101105.48 rows=1 loops=1)  Join Filter: ("outer".ids = "inner".ids_doc)  ->  Index Scan using a_doc_pkey
ona_doc d  (cost=0.00..3.61 rows=1
 
width=1344) (actual time=0.13..0.14 rows=1 loops=1)        Index Cond: (ids = 'SOF_700060'::name)  ->  Materialize
(cost=99981.52..99981.52rows=916555 width=747)
 
(actual time=96980.73..99907.73 rows=916555 loops=1)        ->  Hash Join  (cost=1.26..99981.52 rows=916555 width=747)
(actual time=9.34..86400.88 rows=916555 loops=1)              Hash Cond: ("outer".ids_med = "inner".ids)
-> Seq Scan on a_sklad s  (cost=0.00..83940.55
 
rows=916555 width=712) (actual time=0.17..45881.02 rows=916555 loops=1)              ->  Hash  (cost=1.21..1.21 rows=21
width=35)(actual
 
time=8.79..8.79 rows=0 loops=1)                    ->  Seq Scan on a_med m  (cost=0.00..1.21 rows=21
width=35) (actual time=8.68..8.75 rows=21 loops=1)Total runtime: 101563.40 msec
(11 rows)

I think the best olution will be first to left join a_doc and a_sklad
and after it to join a_sklad and a_med.
Can I force pg to execute this query better?

If I do not use left join, the query is very fast:explain analyze select * from a_doc D,A_SKLAD S,A_MED M where
d.IDS=s.
IDS_DOC AND S.IDS_MED=M.IDS AND d.IDS='SOF_700160';
QUERY
PLAN

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Hash Join  (cost=1.26..80.55 rows=6 width=2091) (actual
time=20.41..20.46 rows=1 loops=1)  Hash Cond: ("outer".ids_med = "inner".ids)  ->  Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..79.18
rows=6width=2056) (actual
 
time=19.23..19.26 rows=1 loops=1)        ->  Index Scan using a_doc_pkey on a_doc d  (cost=0.00..3.61
rows=1 width=1344) (actual time=0.59..0.60 rows=1 loops=1)              Index Cond: (ids = 'SOF_700160'::name)
-> Index Scan using i_sklad_ids_doc on a_sklad s
 
(cost=0.00..75.31 rows=22 width=712) (actual time=18.25..18.26 rows=1
loops=1)              Index Cond: ("outer".ids = s.ids_doc)  ->  Hash  (cost=1.21..1.21 rows=21 width=35) (actual
time=0.36..0.36
rows=0 loops=1)        ->  Seq Scan on a_med m  (cost=0.00..1.21 rows=21 width=35)
(actual time=0.22..0.30 rows=21 loops=1)Total runtime: 21.27 msec
(10 rows)

But I think it is very big penalty for this left join.

regards,
ivan.