Hello,

It always depends on the dataset but you should try an explain analyze on each query. It will tell you which one is more efficient for your particular data.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



Here's the join:

# explain select child_pid from ssv_product_children, nv_products where nv_products.id = ssv_product_children.child_pid and ssv_product_children.pid = 1 and nv_products.isrel = 't';
QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hash Join (cost=1.22..2.47 rows=2 width=8)
Hash Cond: ("outer".child_pid = "inner".id)
-> Seq Scan on ssv_product_children (cost=0.00..1.18 rows=9 width=4)
Filter: (pid = 1)
-> Hash (cost=1.21..1.21 rows=4 width=4)
-> Seq Scan on nv_products (cost=0.00..1.21 rows=4 width=4)
Filter: (isrel = true)
(7 rows)



Here's the correlated subquery:


# explain select child_pid from ssv_product_children where pid = 1 and child_pid = (select nv_products.id from nv_products where nv_products.id = child_pid and isrel = 't');
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on ssv_product_children (cost=0.00..18.78 rows=1 width=4)
Filter: ((pid = 1) AND (child_pid = (subplan)))
SubPlan
-> Seq Scan on nv_products (cost=0.00..1.26 rows=1 width=4)
Filter: ((id = $0) AND (isrel = true))
(5 rows)



Thanks for any advice.

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