Re: join and query planner

Just out of curiosity, does it do any better with the following?

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN b ON (a.key = b.key)
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
LEFT JOIN d ON (d.key=a.key)
WHERE (b.column <= 100)

>>> "Dario Pudlo" <dariop(at)unitech(dot)com(dot)ar> 07/06/05 4:54 PM >>>
(first at all, sorry for my english)
Hi.
- Does "left join" restrict the order in which the planner must join
tables? I've read about join, but i'm not sure about left join...
- If so: Can I avoid this behavior? I mean, make the planner resolve
the
query, using statistics (uniqueness, data distribution) rather than join
order.

My query looks like:
SELECT ...
FROM a, b,
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = a.key)
LEFT JOIN d on (d.key=a.key)
WHERE (a.key = b.key) AND (b.column <= 100)

b.column has a lot better selectivity, but planner insist on
resolve
first c.key = a.key.

Of course, I could rewrite something like:
SELECT ...
FROM
(SELECT ...
FROM a,b
LEFT JOIN d on (d.key=a.key)
WHERE (b.column <= 100)
)
as aa
LEFT JOIN c ON (c.key = aa.key)

but this is query is constructed by an application with a
"multicolumn"
filter. It's dynamic.
It means that a user could choose to look for "c.column = 1000".
And
also, combinations of filters.

So, I need the planner to choose the best plan...

I've already change statistics, I clustered tables with cluster, ran
vacuum
analyze, changed work_mem, shared_buffers...

Greetings. TIA.

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