Vaibhav Kaushal <vaibhavkaushal...@gmail.com> writes: > Can someone tell me what are 'Join Pairs with no Join clause' ? I am not > able to figure that out!
Consider select * from t1, t2, t3 where t1.a = t2.x and t1.b = t3.y; In theory this query could be done by first joining t2 and t3, then joining that to t1. But the planner won't investigate the possibility because the t2/t3 join would have to be a cartesian product join: there's no WHERE clause relating them. On the other hand, if we have select * from t1, t2, t3 where t1.a = t2.x and t1.a = t3.y; then the planner is able to infer the additional join clause t2.x = t3.y, so it will consider that join sequence. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers