Slow query on “UNION ALL” view

Question

I have a DB view which basically consists of two SELECT queries with UNION ALL, like this:

CREATE VIEW v AS
SELECT time, etc. FROM t1 /         


        

Answer 1

Try creating your view using UNION DISTINCT instead of UNION ALL. See if it gives wrong results. See if it gives faster performance.

If it gives wrong results, try and map your SQL operations on tables back to relational operations on relations. The elements of relations are always distinct. There may be somthing fundamentally wrong with your model.

I am deeply suspicious of the LEFT JOINS in the query plan you showed. It shouldn't be necessary to perform LEFT JOINS in order to get the results you appear to be selecting.