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author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-12-07 19:36:52 -0500 |
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committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-12-07 19:36:52 -0500 |
commit | 651030a3d7b44e0f448f860f6cccc1b0eff26ac6 (patch) | |
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doc, intagg: fix one-to-many mention to many-to-many
Reported-by: Christophe Courtois
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aa7cfd73-0d8d-596a-b684-39faa479afa5@dalibo.com
Author: Christophe Courtois
Backpatch-through: master
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/intagg.sgml | 42 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/intagg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/intagg.sgml index 44a766eb4b0..29e74ce146c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/intagg.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/intagg.sgml @@ -54,20 +54,22 @@ <title>Sample Uses</title> <para> - Many database systems have the notion of a one to many table. Such a table + Many database systems have the notion of a many to many table. Such a table usually sits between two indexed tables, for example: <programlisting> -CREATE TABLE left (id INT PRIMARY KEY, ...); -CREATE TABLE right (id INT PRIMARY KEY, ...); -CREATE TABLE one_to_many(left INT REFERENCES left, right INT REFERENCES right); +CREATE TABLE left_table (id INT PRIMARY KEY, ...); +CREATE TABLE right_table (id INT PRIMARY KEY, ...); +CREATE TABLE many_to_many(id_left INT REFERENCES left_table, + id_right INT REFERENCES right_table); </programlisting> It is typically used like this: <programlisting> -SELECT right.* from right JOIN one_to_many ON (right.id = one_to_many.right) - WHERE one_to_many.left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; +SELECT right_table.* +FROM right_table JOIN many_to_many ON (right_table.id = many_to_many.id_right) +WHERE many_to_many.id_left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; </programlisting> This will return all the items in the right hand table for an entry @@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ SELECT right.* from right JOIN one_to_many ON (right.id = one_to_many.right) <para> Now, this methodology can be cumbersome with a very large number of - entries in the <structname>one_to_many</structname> table. Often, + entries in the <structname>many_to_many</structname> table. Often, a join like this would result in an index scan and a fetch for each right hand entry in the table for a particular left hand entry. If you have a very dynamic system, there is not much you @@ -85,9 +87,9 @@ SELECT right.* from right JOIN one_to_many ON (right.id = one_to_many.right) <programlisting> CREATE TABLE summary AS - SELECT left, int_array_aggregate(right) AS right - FROM one_to_many - GROUP BY left; + SELECT id_left, int_array_aggregate(id_right) AS rights + FROM many_to_many + GROUP BY id_left; </programlisting> This will create a table with one row per left item, and an array @@ -95,33 +97,35 @@ CREATE TABLE summary AS the array; that's why there is an array enumerator. You can do <programlisting> -SELECT left, int_array_enum(right) FROM summary WHERE left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; +SELECT id_left, int_array_enum(rights) FROM summary WHERE id_left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; </programlisting> The above query using <function>int_array_enum</function> produces the same results as <programlisting> -SELECT left, right FROM one_to_many WHERE left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; +SELECT id_left, id_right FROM many_to_many WHERE id_left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>; </programlisting> The difference is that the query against the summary table has to get only one row from the table, whereas the direct query against - <structname>one_to_many</structname> must index scan and fetch a row for each entry. + <structname>many_to_many</structname> must index scan and fetch a row for each entry. </para> <para> On one system, an <command>EXPLAIN</command> showed a query with a cost of 8488 was reduced to a cost of 329. The original query was a join involving the - <structname>one_to_many</structname> table, which was replaced by: + <structname>many_to_many</structname> table, which was replaced by: <programlisting> -SELECT right, count(right) FROM - ( SELECT left, int_array_enum(right) AS right - FROM summary JOIN (SELECT left FROM left_table WHERE left = <replaceable>item</replaceable>) AS lefts - ON (summary.left = lefts.left) +SELECT id_right, count(id_right) FROM + ( SELECT id_left, int_array_enum(rights) AS id_right + FROM summary + JOIN (SELECT id FROM left_table + WHERE id = <replaceable>item</replaceable>) AS lefts + ON (summary.id_left = lefts.id) ) AS list - GROUP BY right + GROUP BY id_right ORDER BY count DESC; </programlisting> </para> |