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-rw-r--r--src/where.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/where.c b/src/where.c
index accad8625..980047947 100644
--- a/src/where.c
+++ b/src/where.c
@@ -5279,10 +5279,16 @@ static int wherePathSolver(WhereInfo *pWInfo, LogEst nRowEst){
pParse = pWInfo->pParse;
nLoop = pWInfo->nLevel;
- /* TUNING: For simple queries, only the best path is tracked.
- ** For 2-way joins, the 5 best paths are followed.
- ** For joins of 3 or more tables, track the 10 best paths */
- mxChoice = (nLoop<=1) ? 1 : (nLoop==2 ? 5 : 10);
+ /* TUNING: mxChoice is the maximum number of possible paths to preserve
+ ** at each step. Based on the number of loops in the FROM clause:
+ **
+ ** nLoop mxChoice
+ ** ----- --------
+ ** 1 1 // the most common case
+ ** 2 5
+ ** 3+ 12
+ */
+ mxChoice = (nLoop<=1) ? 1 : (nLoop==2 ? 5 : 12);
assert( nLoop<=pWInfo->pTabList->nSrc );
WHERETRACE(0x002, ("---- begin solver. (nRowEst=%d, nQueryLoop=%d)\n",
nRowEst, pParse->nQueryLoop));