Re: JOIN on partitions is very slow - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: JOIN on partitions is very slow
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Msg-id 7cdfd0d6-e4d3-7351-f13c-696460853657@gmx.net
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In response to Re: JOIN on partitions is very slow  (Michael Lewis <mlewis@entrata.com>)
Responses Re: JOIN on partitions is very slow  (daya airody <daya.airody@gmail.com>)
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Michael Lewis schrieb am 23.03.2020 um 17:16:
> Yes. I can tweak the query. Version of postgres is 9.5.15. I have
> about 20 partitions for company_sale_account table. I do have an
> index on company name.
>
> I need to use DISTINCT as i need to remove the duplicates.
>
>
> DISTINCT is a sign of improper joins most of the time in my
> experience. Often, just changing to group by is faster

As none of the columns of the joined table are used, most probably
this should be re-written as an EXISTS condition.
Then neither GROUP BY nor DISTINCT is needed.






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