Re: [GENERAL] Disadvantage of SQL Joins

2006-11-29 Thread Scott Ribe
> I am in the impression that SQL join takes more time for > execution as well as space because database internally builds Cartesian > product and then evaluates for condition. No, that's a conceptual description, but the actual process is more optimized, often far more so if you have the appropri

[GENERAL] Disadvantage of SQL Joins

2006-11-29 Thread Ranjan Kumar Baisak
Can anybody please tell me whether there are any disadvantage of SQL joins in terms of space and time and how postgres has implemented SQL joins? I am in the impression that SQL join takes more time for execution as well as space because database internally builds Cartesian product and then eva