From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
To: Steffen Boehme <Steffen@boemm.de>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Performance of Views
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:04:26 +0100
Message-ID: <4227277A.581C0D6E@rodos.fzk.de> (raw)
References: <38h2r6F5k5o1dU1@individual.net>
There is no difference in run-time between a VIEW
and executing the underlying SELECT because it's the same.
You may move your question to the [PERFORMANCE] list
for hints to speed up your query.
Regards, Christoph
Steffen Boehme wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> i have a short question ...
>
> I have a few tables (at the moment "only" 3 for testing), over which
> will by made a query in this form:
>
> SELECT
> a.orderitem_id,
> a.transaction_id,
> a.order_id,
> a.shop_id,
> a.quantity,
> a.price,
> b.affiliate_id,
> c."type"
> FROM
> ss_order_orderitems a
> LEFT JOIN ss_order_affiliate_tracking b ON a.order_id = b.order_id,
> ss_shops c
> WHERE
> (a.order_id = b.order_id OR b.order_id IS NULL) AND
> a.shop_id = c.shop_id;
>
> The query will get later a few more conditions ...
>
> Now is the problem, that the performance is not realy good ... and i
> think about the best solution for such a query and found three possibilitys:
>
> 1. a simple select over the three tables (one of them contains 160000
> entrys in the moment and it's growing) in the form like above (the db is
> mysql 4.1.x)
> I think this solution is not very perfomant ...
>
> 2. move the data to a postgresql-db with the same structur and create a
> view, wich makes the same query ...
> Is the performance for the same query different between a simple select
> and a view!?
> If so, i can forget the view ...
>
> 3. put the data with the above query in one big table ...
> I know, thats no good db-structur, but i don't know how i could make it
> better ...
>
> The main-question at the moment iss ...
> Is the performance of the View-Method better then the first Method on
> the existing tables!?
>
> I hope of a view hints ...
>
> Thanks
> Steffen
>
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