I'm not sure if the bug-fix for "natural self-join" solves this, but here we go.
This query yields a cartesian product: SELECT COUNT(X) FROM A NATURAL JOIN (B NATURAL JOIN C NATURAL JOIN D); However, if I rearrange the tables I get the desired result: SELECT COUNT(X) FROM (B NATURAL JOIN C NATURAL JOIN D) NATURAL JOIN A; The relationship between A and D is a "1 to N" relationship, where as B, C and D all have a "1 to 1" relationship. Hence, A has fewer entries than D for each row. B+C+D limits the search space radically, so I would expect both the queries above to be fast. Why is the first one extremely slow? Is it a bug? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Nya Windows 7 gör allt lite enklare. Hitta en dator som passar dig! http://windows.microsoft.com/shop _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users