Re: [HACKERS] Bug on complex join

From: Oleg Broytmann <phd(at)sun(dot)med(dot)ru>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)trust(dot)ee>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Bug on complex join
Date: 1999-03-09 15:47:24
Message-ID: Pine.SOL2.3.96.SK.990309184423.4381A-100000@sun.med.ru
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Hi!

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > SELECT cn.date_i, cn.pos_id
> > FROM central cn
> > WHERE cn.date_i >= current_date - '300 days'::timespan
> >
> > returns 3156 rows. But this:
> >
> > SELECT cn.date_i, p.subsec_id, cn.pos_id, p.pos_id
> > FROM central cn, shops sh, districts d, positions p
> > WHERE cn.date_i >= current_date - '300 days'::timespan
>
> this should return
> 3156 * count(shops) * count(districts) * count(positions)
>
> which is probably too much for the backend ;(

Bad news. Thanks for pointing this.

> -----------------------
> Hannu
>

Oleg.
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