Re: [PERFORM] severe performance issue with planner (fwd)

2004-03-18 Thread Eric Brown
I also tried this (printf1 in irc suggested "folding" the joins) : SELECT w8.wid, w8.variant, w8.num_variants, sum_text(w8.unicode) as unicodes, sum_text(w8.pinyin) as pinyins FROM (words as w8 JOIN (words as w7 JOIN (words as w6 JOIN (words as w5 JOIN (words as w4 JOIN (words as w3 JOIN (words as

Re: [PERFORM] severe performance issue with planner (fwd)

2004-03-17 Thread Tom Lane
Kris Jurka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote: >> "Eric Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> [ planning a 9-table query takes too long ] >> >> See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/explicit-joins.html >> for some useful tips. > Is this the best answer we'v

Re: [PERFORM] severe performance issue with planner (fwd)

2004-03-16 Thread Kris Jurka
I sent this message to the list and although it shows up in the archives, I did not receive a copy of it through the list, so I'm resending as I suspect others did not see it either. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:48:01 -0500 (EST) From: Kris Jurka <[EMAIL PROTE