Mark, Tim,

> select
>       pav1.person_id
> from
>       person_attributes_vertical pav1
> where
>          (    pav1.attribute_id = 1
>           and pav1.value_id in (2,3))
>       or (    pav1.attribute_id = 2
>           and pav1.value_id in (2,3))

Not the same query, sorry.   Daniel's query yields all the person_id's which 
have criteria A AND criteria B.   Yours gives all the person_id's which have 
criteria A OR criteria B.

> There will be a lot of attributes with the same ID; there will also be a
> lot of attributes with the same value. However, there should be much less
> attributes with a specific combination of (ID/Value). Right now I think it
> will be very hard to determine which field has a better selectivity:
> attribute_id or value_id.

Given that there is already an index on ( attribute_id, value_id ) I don't 
quite see what difference this makes.   Unless you're suggesting this as a 
workaround for the PG Planner's poor use of the index?

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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