Re: optimize self-join query

From: Ty Busby <tybusby(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: Ty Busby <tybusby(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: optimize self-join query
Date: 2011-10-29 21:04:11
Message-ID: A6BD48AA-5E71-4310-986E-05E6BDC2328F@yahoo.com
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Thanks to everyone for all the thoughtful responses. They have been incredibly helpful.

Ended up optimizing per Lee, and creating buckets per Tom. Thanks again.

On Oct 25, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Ty Busby wrote:

I have a table that stores a very large starting number called epc_start_numeric and a quantity. I've apparently built the most inefficient query possible for doing the job I need: find out if any records overlap. Imagine the epc_start_numeric + quantity representing a block of numbers. I need to find out if any of these blocks overlap.

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