Re: Query puts 7.3.4 on endless loop but 7.4beta5 is fine. - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Well, you might want to try the EXISTS version. I'm not sure if it'll be
faster or slower though. In theory it should be the same.

Hum, I didn't realize the principals table was the largest table. But Postgres
knew that so one would expect it to have found a better plan. The IN/EXISTS
handling was recently much improved but perhaps there's still room :)

SELECT *
  FROM tickets
 WHERE EXISTS (
       SELECT 1
         FROM groups
         JOIN principals ON (groups.id = principals.objectid)
         JOIN cachedgroupmembers ON (principals.id = cachedgroupmembers.groupid)
         JOIN users ON (cachedgroupmembers.memberid = users.id)
        WHERE lower(users.emailaddress) = 'mallah_rajesh@yahoo.com'
          AND groups.domain = 'RT::Ticket-Role'
          AND groups.type   = 'Requestor'
          AND principals.principaltype = 'group'
          AND groups.instance = tickets.id
  )
  AND type = 'ticket'
  AND effectiveid = tickets.id
  AND (status = 'new' OR status = 'open')
ORDER BY priority DESC
LIMIT 10;

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greg