In the below query both table has less than 1 million data. Can u tell me the reason of this plan? why its takin extensive cost , seq scan and sorting?? wat is Materialize?
select 1 from service_detail left join non_service_detail on non_service_detail_service_id = service_detail.service_detail_id Merge Left Join (cost=62451.86..67379.08 rows=286789 width=0) Merge Cond: (service_detail.service_detail_id = non_service_detail.non_service_detail_service_id) -> Sort (cost=18610.57..18923.27 rows=125077 width=8) Sort Key: service_detail.service_detail_id -> Seq Scan on service_detail (cost=0.00..6309.77 rows=125077 width=8) -> Materialize (cost=43841.28..47426.15 rows=286789 width=8) -> Sort (cost=43841.28..44558.26 rows=286789 width=8) Sort Key: non_service_detail.non_service_detail_service_id -> Seq Scan on non_service_detail (cost=0.00..13920.89 rows=286789 width=8) Thanks, Arvind S "Many of lifes failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Edison