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To: "'Stuart McGraw'" <smcg2297@frii.com>,
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Subject: Re: slowness when subselect uses DISTINCT
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Let's start with one, and whatever is causing it in one, is perhaps in
theory, causing the rest :)

Cheers,
~p

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org =
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On Behalf Of Stuart McGraw
Sent: Friday, 20 April 2007 00:20
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] slowness when subselect uses DISTINCT


Phillip Smith wrote:
> May I suggest you post an EXPLAIN ANALYZE to the group for the query
you're
> having problems with...?

I will do that but it has happened to me enough that it seems to be
a general pattern, not something specific to one of my queries,
so I thought some communal knowledge may exist.  But apparently
not.

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