On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 02:27 +0200, Tobias Brox wrote: > Consider this setup - which is a gross simplification of parts of our > production system ;-) > > create table c (id integer primary key); > create table b (id integer primary key, c_id integer); > create index b_on_c on b(c_id) > > insert into c (select ... lots of IDs ...); > insert into b (select id, id from c); /* keep it simple :-) */ > > Now, I'm just interessted in some few rows. > > All those gives good plans: > > explain select c.id from c order by c.id limit 1; > explain select c.id from c group by c.id order by c.id limit 1; > explain select c.id from c join b on c_id=c.id order by c.id limit 1; > > ... BUT ... combining join, group and limit makes havoc: > > explain select c.id from c join b on c_id=c.id group by c.id order by c.id > desc limit 5;
Where's b in this join clause? It looks like a cartesian product to me. -jwb ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org