带有CASE条件的Postgresql左连接

Question

我想在PostgreSQL中使用一个CASE条件，来决定连接另一个表的哪一列。这就是我所在的地方，我认为，这解释了我正在尝试做的事情。感谢您的想法和想法：

SELECT hybrid_location.*,
       concentration
FROM   hybrid_location
CASE   WHEN EXTRACT(month FROM hybrid_location.point_time) = 1 
            THEN LEFT JOIN (SELECT jan_conc FROM io_postcode_ratios) ON
            st_within(hybrid_location.the_geom, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom) = true
       WHEN EXTRACT(month FROM hybrid_location.point_time) = 2 
            THEN LEFT JOIN (SELECT feb_conc FROM io_postcode_ratios) ON
            st_within(hybrid_location.the_geom, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom) = true
       ELSE LEFT JOIN (SELECT march_conc FROM io_postcode_ratios) ON
            st_within(hybrid_location.the_geom, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom) = true
       END AS concentration;

Answer 1

这是一个非常不寻常的查询，我不认为它是有效的。即使条件连接是有效的，查询规划器也很难进行优化。可以将其重写为连接到单个联合表：

SELECT hybrid_location.*,
       concentration
FROM   hybrid_location
LEFT JOIN (
  SELECT 1 AS month_num, jan_conc AS concentration, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom
  FROM io_postcode_ratios
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 2 AS month_num, feb_conc AS concentration, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom
  FROM io_postcode_ratios
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 3 AS month_num, march_conc AS concentration, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom
  FROM io_postcode_ratios
) AS io_postcode_ratios ON
    EXTRACT(month FROM hybrid_location.point_time) = io_postcode_ratios.month_num
    AND ST_Within(hybrid_location.the_geom, io_postcode_ratios.the_geom)

组织io_postcode_ratios表的一种更好的方法(如果可以这样做的话)可能是将每月的*_conc列规范化为一个包含date或month列的conc列。它将有更多的行，但更容易查询。