Hi Ron,

Happy to have your support for the FLIP. Yes, the new option will be only
effective for streaming. Batch will continue to work as it currently does.
In general, a batch implementation could use completely different and more
efficient algorithms for its use case to perform a multi join, like the
leapfrog triejoin.

Best,
Gustavo

Am Do., 8. Mai 2025 um 05:07 Uhr schrieb Ron Liu <ron9....@gmail.com>:

> Hi, Gustavo
>
> Sorry for the late participation in the FLIP discussion, this is a great
> feature to solve the headache of the stream join, Big +1.
>
> Regarding the new config option `table.optimizer.multi-join.enabled`, I
> have a question: is this option only effective in streaming mode, what is
> its behavior in batch mode?
>
> Best,
> Ron
>
> Gustavo de Morais <gustavopg...@gmail.com> 于2025年5月8日周四 00:03写道:
>
> > Hey Ferenc, that's a great callout. I'll make sure we add some
> > documentation regarding general advice on when to use multi-way joins
> (pros
> > and cons).
> >
> > Am Di., 6. Mai 2025 um 17:23 Uhr schrieb Ferenc Csaky
> > <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.invalid>:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I think the FLIP is in a fairly good state, +1 for the idea and the
> given
> > > design. This may be considered already, but IMO we should also add some
> > > high-level details, pros, and cons of enabling this feature to the
> > website
> > > other than the config option description.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Ferenc
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 14:47, Gustavo de Morais <
> > > gustavopg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hey everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I'd be great to start voting next week. Let me know if there are
> > further
> > > > questions or feedback.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Gustavo
> > > >
> > > > Am Mi., 30. Apr. 2025 um 15:07 Uhr schrieb Gustavo de Morais <
> > > > gustavopg...@gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey Arvid and David, thanks for the feedback!
> > > > >
> > > > > The limitations are in the flip, I just had pasted a wrong link and
> > > fixed
> > > > > it. Let me know if there are other incorrect links.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, the thought of using statistics has potential. I've also spent
> > > some
> > > > > on that. The precise statistics required here would however be the
> > > amount
> > > > > of intermediate state/matches for each level and this is an
> > > information we
> > > > > only have at runtime/inside the operator. For that, we could look
> > into
> > > an
> > > > > adaptive multi-way join in a next interaction and the user could
> > > determine
> > > > > a max amount of state he's willing to store. This has potential but
> > > would
> > > > > be a topic for a next FLIP, I added some information on that under
> > the
> > > > > rejected alternatives.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > Gustavo
> > > > >
> > > > > Am Mo., 28. Apr. 2025 um 14:18 Uhr schrieb David Radley <
> > > > > david_rad...@uk.ibm.com>:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Gustavo,This sounds like a great idea.
> > > > > > I notice the link limitations<
> > > > > >
> > >
> >
> https://confluentinc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FLINK/pages/4342875697/FLIP-516+Multi-Way+Join+Operator#Limitations
> > > >
> > > > > > in the Flip points outside of the document to something I do not
> > have
> > > > > > access to. Please could you include the limitations in the flip
> > > itself.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You mention re ordered binary joins might be less efficient by
> > > turning
> > > > > > them into a multi join. I wonder what the pros and cons are. I
> > > wonder can
> > > > > > we use statistics to decide whether we should do a multi way
> join?
> > > In this
> > > > > > case we could have an enum configuration something like:
> > > > > > table.optimizer.join= binary-join, multi-join, auto.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kind regards, David.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Arvid Heise ar...@apache.org
> > > > > > Date: Monday, 28 April 2025 at 12:47
> > > > > > To: dev@flink.apache.org dev@flink.apache.org
> > > > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] FLIP-516: Multi-Way Join
> Operator
> > > > > > Hi Gustavo,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > the idea and approach LGTM. +1 to proceed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Arvid
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM Gustavo de Morais <
> > > gustavopg...@gmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'd like to propose FLIP-516: Multi-Way Join Operator [1] for
> > > > > > > discussion.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Chained non-temporal joins in Flink SQL often cause a "big
> state
> > > issue"
> > > > > > > due
> > > > > > > to large intermediate results, impacting performance and
> > > stability. This
> > > > > > > FLIP introduces a StreamingMultiJoinOperator to tackle this by
> > > joining
> > > > > > > multiple inputs (that need to share a common key)
> simultaneously
> > > within
> > > > > > > one
> > > > > > > operator.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The main goal is achieving zero intermediate state for these
> > > common join
> > > > > > > patterns, significantly reducing state size. This initial
> version
> > > > > > > requires
> > > > > > > a common partitioning key and focuses on INNER/LEFT joins, with
> > > plans
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > future expansion. The operator is opt-in via
> > > > > > > table.optimizer.multi-join.enabled (default false). PR with the
> > > initial
> > > > > > > version of the operator is available [2].
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Happy to be contributing to this community, and looking forward
> > to
> > > your
> > > > > > > feedback and thoughts.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > > > Gustavo de Morais
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-516%3A+Multi-Way+Join+Operator
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/26313
> > > > > >
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