Let's say I have a query like this where I join a series of virtual tables:
SELECT table1.a, tbl2.a, tbl3.b, tbl4.c, tbl5.a, tbl6.a
FROM table1
JOIN (SELECT x, a, b, c FROM table2 WHERE foo='bar') tbl2 ON table1.x = tbl2.x
JOIN (SELECT x, a, b, c FROM table3 WHERE foo='bar') tbl3 ON table1.x = tbl3.x
JOIN (SELECT x, a, b, c FROM table4 WHERE foo='bar') tbl4 ON table1.x = tbl2.x
JOIN (SELECT x, a, b, c FROM table5 WHERE foo='bar') tbl5 ON table1.x = tbl5.x
JOIN (SELECT x, a, b, c FROM table6 WHERE foo='bar') tbl6 ON table1.x = tbl6.x
WHERE anotherconstraint='value'
In my real query, each JOIN has its own JOINs, aggregate functions, and WHERE constraints.
How good / bad would a request like this launch be? . What is the difference in the differences between this and running all the individual virtual tables as your own query and linking the results together outside of SQL?
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