>> All fields involved are declared NOT NULL, but thanks for the heads up.
>Afair the planner doesnt use that atm.
I was referring to not having to care about the strange NULL semantics
(as per your original comment), since I have no NULLs. Given that, I
think the NOT EXISTS could be a good solution, even on 8.3 (we're
planning to upgrade, but it's not a feasible solution to this
particular problem), no?
Basically, it seems like the main issue with the current plans is the
per-tuple seq scans on the full materializations. Adding correlation
(by rewriting NOT IN as NOT EXISTS) prevents materialization, hence
getting rid of the biggest performance problem.
Thanks,
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