Re: decompose big queries

From: pinker <pinker(at)onet(dot)eu>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: decompose big queries
Date: 2018-04-06 13:35:56
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Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter wrote
> I don't know if there are best practices (each scenario requires its own
> solution), but for plain complex SELECT queries, I do use "WITH"
> queries... They work really well.

Be cautious with CTE's. They weren't meant to be an alternative to
subqueries and will probably change the way your query is executed, because
they are optimisation fences:
https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/postgresql-ctes-are-optimization-fences/

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