general question on optimizer - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From chester c young
Subject general question on optimizer
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Msg-id 994792.8624.qm@web54302.mail.re2.yahoo.com
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I have found that in many complex queries left join is exponentially
faster than a (not) exists clause.

I don't understand why, generally speaking, this is so frequently so
effective.


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