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From Dario
Subject join and query planner
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Msg-id MHEDJHCKDNOEHJKHIOCJIEFLCEAA.dario_d_s@unitech.com.ar
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Responses Re: join and query planner  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com>)
List pgsql-performance
(first at all, sorry for my english)
Hi.
   - Does "left join" restrict the order in which the planner must join
tables? I've read about join, but i'm not sure about left join...
   - If so: Can I avoid this behavior? I mean, make the planner resolve the
query, using statistics (uniqueness, data distribution) rather than join
order.

    My query looks like:
    SELECT ...
      FROM a, b,
      LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
      LEFT JOIN d on (d.key=a.key)
      WHERE (a.key = b.key)  AND (b.column <= 100)

      b.column has a lot better selectivity, but planner insist on resolve
first c.key = a.key.

    Of course, I could rewrite something like:
    SELECT ...
      FROM
           (SELECT ...
            FROM a,b
            LEFT JOIN d on (d.key=a.key)
            WHERE (b.column <= 100)
            )
            as aa
      LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = aa.key)

    but this is query is constructed by an application with a "multicolumn"
filter. It's dynamic.
      It means that a user could choose to look for "c.column = 1000". And
also, combinations of filters.

    So, I need the planner to choose the best plan...

I've already change statistics, I clustered tables with cluster, ran vacuum
analyze, changed work_mem, shared_buffers...

Greetings. TIA.


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