Astley Le Jasper wrote:
> Given the example below where 'first_table' could be huge, are sqlite
> or other relational databases clever enough to do the WHERE filter
> before doing the joins.

I would expect SQLite to do it this way, yes. Especially if there's an index on 
first_table.target_field. You can confirm with EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
-- 
Igor Tandetnik

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