This may come across as a rather odd question. However, is there a way
to force PostgreSQL to return rows in a very specific order? I am
currently facing running one three-way-join query which will last 50+
seconds. Since this is a web-based application this hardly makes for a
fast browsing experience.
One solution is to break it up into more manageable pieces. If I can
specify the sort order then I can run concurrent queries and get things
settled easily. Otherwise I'll have to fetch for every row returned
and that seems messy and I would like to avoid it.
Any ideas?
Martin Foster
martin@ethereal-realms.org