Hi all,
I've got a problem with a SELECT that takes way too much time and I can't figure out a workaround. The SELECT is
SELECT * FROM (SELECT a, COUNT(*) FROM (...) GROUP BY a) s1, (SELECT a, b, COUNT(*) FROM (...) GROUP BY a, b) s2 WHERE s1.a = s2.a
The subqueries s1 and s2, when run alone, yield about 60 rows and take a couple of milliseconds. When they are put together, it takes more than a minute! I understand that the planner tries to do its best and may be mislead by the structure of the subqueries, I've tried to explain and visualise the plan, but cannot really figure out how to help it, it seems to generate millions of rows internally. Is there a way to tell the planner to execute the two queries separately and only then to put them together? I'd prefer to not use a temporary table because this is inside an .xsjs call. Please don't respond with "we need to see the whole SELECT", I don't need to make it a perfect query nor to improve the planner, I only need to execute the two subqueries separately.
Cheers,
-- Micha