Hi,
I have data that I am taking from 2 tables, pulling out specific columns and
inserting into one table.
Is it more efficient to do:
a) insert into x
select z from y;
insert into x
select z from a;
b) insert into x
select z from y
union all
select z from a;
I have run both through explain.
a) 650ms
b) 741.57ms
According to the planner option a, select z from y takes 545.93 ms
Under option b select z from y takes 553.34 ms
Shouldn't the time predicted for the select z from y be the same?
I would believe b would be more efficient as the inserts could be done in a
batch rather than individual transactions but the planner doesn't recognize
that. When I run option a through the planner I have to highlight each insert
separately since the planner stops executing after the first ; it comes across.
Mike
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