From: Alessandro Depase <alessandro.depase@libero.it>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: failed to build any 5-way joins
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:04:11 +0100
Message-ID: <003701c3c4b7$6952a8f0$0200a8c0@dedalus1> (raw)
References: <001e01c3c3ca$4c0c4af0$0200a8c0@dedalus1>
<28102.1071675143@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Thanks Tom, but I think I can wait, being possible to use the exists clause
and not having, at the moment a big database.
When there will be the less-drastic fix you refer to, I will use it and
change my query.
Thanks again.
Bye
Alessandro Depase
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Alessandro Depase" <alessandro.depase@libero.it>
Cc: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] failed to build any 5-way joins
> "Alessandro Depase" <alessandro.depase@libero.it> writes:
> > select *
> > from info where parent_infoid is null=20
> > and fieldtypeid in (select fieldtypeid from users_auth_groups uag1,
field_a=
> > uth fa where userid =3D 8 and fa.groupid =3D uag1.groupid)=20
> > and main_infoid in (select ic.infoid from info_category ic,
category_auth c=
> > a, users_auth_groups uag2=20
> > where ic.categoryid =3D ca.categoryid and uag2.userid =3D 8 and
uag2.grou=
> > pid =3D ca.groupid and read_write =3D 'W')=20
>
> Hmm. It's right, there's no way to construct a sub-plan that joins just
> that number of relations, because of the constraint that the IN
> sub-selects have to be fully formed before we can do IN processing.
>
> A brute force solution is to just remove the error cross-check in
> src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c:
>
> if (result_rels == NIL)
> elog(ERROR, "failed to build any %d-way joins", level);
>
> I'll probably install some less-drastic fix for 7.4.1, but if you need a
> solution right now, that will get you going.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
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