Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Craig James wrote: > > > Justin wrote: > > > > > This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other > people think what makes a query complex? > > > > > > > There are two kinds: > > > > 1. Hard for Postgres

Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Justin
Craig James wrote: Justin wrote: This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other people think what makes a query complex? There are two kinds: 1. Hard for Postgres to get the answer. this one 2. Hard for a person to comprehend. Which do you mean? Craig -- Sent v

Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Richard Broersma
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say that the use of correlated subqueries qualifies a query as > complicated. Joining on non-usual pk-fk stuff. the more you're > mashing one set of data against another, and the odder the way you > have to do it, the

Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Atkins
On May 6, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Justin wrote: This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other people think what makes a query complex? If I know in advance exactly how the planner will plan the query (and be right), it's a simple query. Otherwise it's a complex query. A

Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other people > think what makes a query complex? Well, as mentioned, there's two kinds. some that look big and ugly are actually just shovelling data with no fancy in

Re: [PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Craig James
Justin wrote: This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other people think what makes a query complex? There are two kinds: 1. Hard for Postgres to get the answer. 2. Hard for a person to comprehend. Which do you mean? Craig -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (

[PERFORM] What constitutes a complex query

2008-05-06 Thread Justin
This falls under the stupid question and i'm just curious what other people think what makes a query complex? -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance