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From: Chris Hoover <revoohc@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: How does the planner execute unions?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:14:18 -0400
Message-ID: <1d219a6f0508261314516fdb0@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hopefully a quick question.

In 7.3.4, how does the planner execute a query with union alls in it?

Does it execute the unions serially, or does it launch a "thread" for
each union (or maybe something else entirely).

Thanks,

Chris

Here is an explain from the view I'm thinking about, how does postgres
run this query?
hmd=# explain select count(1) from clmhdr where hdr_user_id = 'user_id';
                                                               QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aggregate  (cost=42.48..42.48 rows=1 width=924)
   ->  Subquery Scan clmhdr  (cost=0.00..42.41 rows=30 width=924)
         ->  Append  (cost=0.00..42.41 rows=30 width=924)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 1"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_live_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_live 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 2"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_2003_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_2003 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 3"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_2004_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_2004 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 4"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_2005_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_2005 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 5"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_2006_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_2006 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
               ->  Subquery Scan "*SELECT* 6"  (cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5
width=924)
                     ->  Index Scan using
clmhdr_2007_hdr_user_id_hdr_clm_status_idx on clmhdr_2007 
(cost=0.00..7.07 rows=5 width=924)
                           Index Cond: (hdr_user_id =
'user_id'::character varying)
(21 rows)

hmd=#



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