On 2006/10/11 Stuart wrote: > [..] Apologies for following up my own post, but after struggling with that query for over a day, I figured out the answer within thirty minutes of posting. (Sigh)
My slow query was: > SELECT p.id AS pid, a.id AS aid, sub.bid AS bid > FROM p > JOIN a ON a.p=p.id > LEFT JOIN ( > SELECT a.id AS aid, b.id as bid > FROM a > LEFT JOIN b ON b.p=a.p > LEFT JOIN x ON x.a=a.id AND x.b=b.id > WHERE x.a IS NULL > ) AS sub ON sub.aid=a.id > WHERE p.id=1; Including the parent table p in the inner select was all it took. SELECT p.id AS pid, a.id AS aid, sub.bid AS bid FROM p JOIN a ON a.p=p.id LEFT JOIN ( SELECT p.id AS pid, a.id AS aid, b.id as bid FROM p JOIN a ON a.p=p.id LEFT JOIN b ON b.p=a.p LEFT JOIN x ON x.a=a.id AND x.b=b.id WHERE x.a IS NULL ) AS sub ON sub.aid=a.id AND sub.pid=p.id WHERE p.id=1; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings