Thanks all for the replies. I will illustrate using a simplified schema and query. Please note I am not using any Phoenix indexes as there are further complexities that are not illustrated by this simplified example that preclude using that Phoenix capability. I have created two tables and two sample queries of the join I will paste below. Perhaps I am missing something, but I am unclear as to why a full table scan is needed on the clicks table given the key fields in the query for both tables. Any further insight is very appreciated in advance. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS clicks ( sha_key VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, user_id VARCHAR(40), product_id VARCHAR(40), zip_code VARCHAR(40)) COMPRESSION=SNAPPY, DISABLE_WAL=true, IMMUTABLE_ROWS=true; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS products ( product_id VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL, sha_key VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, zip_code VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT pk PRIMARY KEY (product_id, sha_key, zip_code) ) COMPRESSION=SNAPPY, DISABLE_WAL=true, IMMUTABLE_ROWS=true, SALT_BUCKETS=256; explain select clicks.* from clicks, products where clicks.sha_key = products.sha_key and products.product_id in ('w8kfc1','wxdfe8','fmlwl6') and products.zip_code in ('90210','55511','81811') +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLAN | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CLIENT 1-CHUNK PARALLEL 1-WAY ROUND ROBIN FULL SCAN OVER CLICKS | | PARALLEL INNER-JOIN TABLE 0 (SKIP MERGE) | | CLIENT 256-CHUNK PARALLEL 256-WAY ROUND ROBIN SKIP SCAN ON 768 KEYS OVER PRODUCTS [0,'fmlwl6'] - [255,'wxdfe8'] | | SERVER FILTER BY FIRST KEY ONLY AND ZIP_CODE IN ('55511','81811','90210') | | DYNAMIC SERVER FILTER BY CLICKS.SHA_KEY IN (PRODUCTS.SHA_KEY) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ explain select clicks.* from clicks where clicks.sha_key in ( select products.sha_key from products where products.product_id in ('w8kfc1','wxdfe8','fmlwl6') and products.zip_code in ('90210','55511','81811')) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLAN | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CLIENT 1-CHUNK PARALLEL 1-WAY ROUND ROBIN FULL SCAN OVER CLICKS | | SKIP-SCAN-JOIN TABLE 0 | | CLIENT 256-CHUNK PARALLEL 256-WAY SKIP SCAN ON 768 KEYS OVER PRODUCTS [0,'fmlwl6'] - [255,'wxdfe8'] | | SERVER FILTER BY FIRST KEY ONLY AND ZIP_CODE IN ('55511','81811','90210') | | SERVER AGGREGATE INTO DISTINCT ROWS BY [SHA_KEY] | | CLIENT MERGE SORT | | DYNAMIC SERVER FILTER BY CLICKS.SHA_KEY IN ($5.$7) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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