Hello,
> the join column, lsid, is a poor choice for a join column as it is a
> long varchar value (avg length 101 characters) that us only gets
> unique way out on the right hand side.
Would a join on subtring on the 'way out on the right hand side' (did you
mean 'rightmost characters' or 'only when we take almost all the 101
characters'?) together with a function based index help?
Regards,
Jayadevan
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