Hi, Gustavo

Sorry for the late participation in the FLIP discussion, this is a great
feature to solve the headache of the stream join, Big +1.

Regarding the new config option `table.optimizer.multi-join.enabled`, I
have a question: is this option only effective in streaming mode, what is
its behavior in batch mode?

Best,
Ron

Gustavo de Morais <gustavopg...@gmail.com> 于2025年5月8日周四 00:03写道:

> Hey Ferenc, that's a great callout. I'll make sure we add some
> documentation regarding general advice on when to use multi-way joins (pros
> and cons).
>
> Am Di., 6. Mai 2025 um 17:23 Uhr schrieb Ferenc Csaky
> <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.invalid>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think the FLIP is in a fairly good state, +1 for the idea and the given
> > design. This may be considered already, but IMO we should also add some
> > high-level details, pros, and cons of enabling this feature to the
> website
> > other than the config option description.
> >
> > Best,
> > Ferenc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 14:47, Gustavo de Morais <
> > gustavopg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey everyone,
> > >
> > > I'd be great to start voting next week. Let me know if there are
> further
> > > questions or feedback.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Gustavo
> > >
> > > Am Mi., 30. Apr. 2025 um 15:07 Uhr schrieb Gustavo de Morais <
> > > gustavopg...@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Hey Arvid and David, thanks for the feedback!
> > > >
> > > > The limitations are in the flip, I just had pasted a wrong link and
> > fixed
> > > > it. Let me know if there are other incorrect links.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the thought of using statistics has potential. I've also spent
> > some
> > > > on that. The precise statistics required here would however be the
> > amount
> > > > of intermediate state/matches for each level and this is an
> > information we
> > > > only have at runtime/inside the operator. For that, we could look
> into
> > an
> > > > adaptive multi-way join in a next interaction and the user could
> > determine
> > > > a max amount of state he's willing to store. This has potential but
> > would
> > > > be a topic for a next FLIP, I added some information on that under
> the
> > > > rejected alternatives.
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > > Gustavo
> > > >
> > > > Am Mo., 28. Apr. 2025 um 14:18 Uhr schrieb David Radley <
> > > > david_rad...@uk.ibm.com>:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Gustavo,This sounds like a great idea.
> > > > > I notice the link limitations<
> > > > >
> >
> https://confluentinc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FLINK/pages/4342875697/FLIP-516+Multi-Way+Join+Operator#Limitations
> > >
> > > > > in the Flip points outside of the document to something I do not
> have
> > > > > access to. Please could you include the limitations in the flip
> > itself.
> > > > >
> > > > > You mention re ordered binary joins might be less efficient by
> > turning
> > > > > them into a multi join. I wonder what the pros and cons are. I
> > wonder can
> > > > > we use statistics to decide whether we should do a multi way join?
> > In this
> > > > > case we could have an enum configuration something like:
> > > > > table.optimizer.join= binary-join, multi-join, auto.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards, David.
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Arvid Heise ar...@apache.org
> > > > > Date: Monday, 28 April 2025 at 12:47
> > > > > To: dev@flink.apache.org dev@flink.apache.org
> > > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] FLIP-516: Multi-Way Join Operator
> > > > > Hi Gustavo,
> > > > >
> > > > > the idea and approach LGTM. +1 to proceed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > >
> > > > > Arvid
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM Gustavo de Morais <
> > gustavopg...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to propose FLIP-516: Multi-Way Join Operator [1] for
> > > > > > discussion.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chained non-temporal joins in Flink SQL often cause a "big state
> > issue"
> > > > > > due
> > > > > > to large intermediate results, impacting performance and
> > stability. This
> > > > > > FLIP introduces a StreamingMultiJoinOperator to tackle this by
> > joining
> > > > > > multiple inputs (that need to share a common key) simultaneously
> > within
> > > > > > one
> > > > > > operator.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The main goal is achieving zero intermediate state for these
> > common join
> > > > > > patterns, significantly reducing state size. This initial version
> > > > > > requires
> > > > > > a common partitioning key and focuses on INNER/LEFT joins, with
> > plans
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > future expansion. The operator is opt-in via
> > > > > > table.optimizer.multi-join.enabled (default false). PR with the
> > initial
> > > > > > version of the operator is available [2].
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Happy to be contributing to this community, and looking forward
> to
> > your
> > > > > > feedback and thoughts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > > Gustavo de Morais
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-516%3A+Multi-Way+Join+Operator
> > > > >
> > > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/26313
> > > > >
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