From: jasiek@serwer.skawsoft.com.pl
To: Brad Hilton <bhilton@vpop.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: sub-query optimization
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:21:13 +0100
Message-ID: <20030214192113.GA26987@serwer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1045246939.29966.22.camel@aragorn.vpop.net>
References: <1045246939.29966.22.camel@aragorn.vpop.net>
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:22:19AM -0800, Brad Hilton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am hoping someone can help explain why modifying the following query
> can effect such a huge change in speed. The query is:
>
> select * from articles
> where exists
> ( select 1 from article_categories
> where
> article_categories.article_id = articles.id and
> article_categories.category_id is null
> )
Can you test these two queries?
select * from
(select article_id from article_categories where category_id is null
group by article_id) X
join articles using (article_id);
select <fields> from
article_categories
join articles using (article_id)
where category_id is null
group by <fields>
Above queries will need index on article_id
I'm not sure if it helps, but they are the only solutions in my
mind ;-)
Can you say anything about data statistics in your tables? How
many rows are with category_id=null?
I looked into query definition once again. Your query doesn't make
sense - article_categories have not null category_id... What do you really
want to do?
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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