Left Join with Limit 1

Hello,

I am trying to extract ip addresses from golite by joining two tables as
posted below.

Running the queries individually and using a limit on the golite ip db
results are back immediately 1-2ms but when using the first query it takes
2-3 seconds.

Is there a way to use a limit in the join?

Thanks for any advice on this.

A

SELECT S.referrer_ip,
I.geoname_id
FROM viewing_stats AS S LEFT JOIN geolite_city_ip4 AS I ON
(S.referrer_ip::inet <<= network)
WHERE viewing_id=74;

referrer_ip | geoname_id
----------------+------------
111.93.173.230 | 1269750
(1 row)

Time: *2609.125 ms*

SELECT geoname_id,network FROM geolite_city_ip4 WHERE
'111.93.173.230'::inet <<= network *LIMIT 1;*
geoname_id | network
------------+-----------------
1269750 | 111.93.168.0/21
(1 row)

Time: *1.926 ms*

SELECT geoname_id,network FROM geolite_city_ip4 WHERE
'111.93.173.230'::inet <<= network;
geoname_id | network
------------+-----------------
1269750 | 111.93.168.0/21
(1 row)
Time: 645.999 ms

explain
SELECT S.referrer_ip,
I.geoname_id
FROM viewing_stats AS S LEFT JOIN geolite_city_ip4 AS I ON
(S.referrer_ip::inet <<= network)
WHERE viewing_id=74;
QUERY PLAN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nested Loop Left Join (cost=0.00..242446.05 rows=3746698 width=36)
Join Filter: ((s.referrer_ip)::inet <<= i.network)
-> Seq Scan on viewing_stats s (cost=0.00..16.62 rows=3 width=32)
Filter: (viewing_id = 74)
-> Materialize (cost=0.00..74411.99 rows=2497799 width=11)
-> Seq Scan on geolite_city_ip4 i (cost=0.00..49725.99
rows=2497799 width=11)
(6 rows)

Time: 1.326 ms

SELECT S.referrer_ip FROM viewing_stats AS S WHERE viewing_id=74;
referrer_ip
----------------
111.93.173.230
(1 row)

Time: *1.268 ms*