In response to Thom Brown : > On 23 February 2010 13:43, Stefan Schwarzer > <stefan.schwarzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> Select countries.name, basel.year, basel.value, cites.year, cites.value > >>>> From countries > >>>> Left Join basel on basel.id_country = countries.id_country and > >>>> basel.value=1 > >>>> Left Join cites on cites.id_country = countries.id_country and > >>>> cites.value=1 > >>> > >>> I would have thought so, but the query turns forever. > >> > >> How many rows in each of your tables, and what indexes do you have? > > > > around 5000 rows > > > > It takes a long time for just 5000 rows? Could you provide the > execution plan for it by putting EXPLAIN ANALYZE at the front of your > query and post the result here? I think, this query: SELECT countries.name, (SELECT yearAS basel FROM basel WHERE value = 1 AND countries.id = basel.id_country) AS basel, (SELECT yearAS cites FROM cites WHERE value = 1 AND countries.id = cites.id_country) AS cites FROM countries, basel, cites (copy & paste from his post) will produce a cross-join: test=*# select count(1) from (select c.name, (select name from con_1 where id=c.id), (select name from con_2 where id=c.id), (select name from con_3 where id=c.id) from con c) foo; count ------- 3 (1 row) test=*# select count(1) from (select c.name, (select name from con_1 where id=c.id), (select name from con_2 where id=c.id), (select name from con_3 where id=c.id) from con c, con_1, con_2, con_3) foo; count ------- 54 (1 row) (the first query is similar to his query but without all tables in the enclosing from-list, the second query is very similar to his query) So i'm not astonished about a long time for only 5000 rows... Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general