Hi,<br /><br /> Can someone explain why the following query takes 1 second when using LIKE and takes 30 seconds when
replacingLIKE by = in the WHERE ?<br /> - instance_Attribute has 45 rows and Influence has 5 rows.<br /> - Postgresql
7.1<br/><br /> Regards<br /> =====================================<br /> SELECT <br /> E1A1.nameInstance AS inste, <br
/>E1A1.nameClass AS classe, <br /> E1A1.value AS dx, <br /> E1A2.value AS dy, <br /> E1A3.value AS dz, <br />
E1A4.valueAS v, <br /> I0.value AS ix, <br /> I1.value AS iy, <br /> I2.value AS iz, <br /> I3.value AS iv <br /> FROM
<br/> instance_Attribute AS E1A1, <br /> instance_Attribute AS E1A2, <br /> instance_Attribute AS E1A3, <br />
instance_AttributeAS E1A4, <br /> Influence AS I0, <br /> Influence AS I1, <br /> Influence AS I2, <br /> Influence AS
I3<br /> WHERE<br /> E1A1.nameAttribute LIKE 'directionx' AND <br /> E1A2.nameInstance LIKE E1A1.nameInstance AND <br
/>E1A2.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br /> E1A2.nameAttribute LIKE 'directiony' AND <br /> E1A3.nameInstance LIKE
E1A1.nameInstance AND <br /> E1A3.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br /> E1A3.nameAttribute LIKE 'directionz' AND
<br/> E1A4.nameInstance LIKE E1A1.nameInstance AND <br /> E1A4.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br />
E1A4.nameAttributeLIKE 'vitesse' AND <br /> I0.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br /> I0.nameInstance LIKE
E1A1.nameInstanceAND <br /> I0.nameInfluence LIKE 'inf_directionx' AND <br /> I1.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br
/>I1.nameInstance LIKE E1A1.nameInstance AND <br /> I1.nameInfluence LIKE 'inf_directiony' AND <br /> I2.nameClass LIKE
E1A1.nameClassAND <br /> I2.nameInstance LIKE E1A1.nameInstance AND <br /> I2.nameInfluence LIKE 'inf_directionz' AND
<br/> I3.nameClass LIKE E1A1.nameClass AND <br /> I3.nameInstance LIKE E1A1.nameInstance AND <br /> I3.nameInfluence
LIKE'inf_vitesse' ;<br /><p><font size="3">Michel Soto<br />
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