Elevating Presto Query Optimization: Leveraging State-of-the-Art Techniques for Improved Performance 

Elevating Presto Query Optimization: Leveraging State-of-the-Art Techniques for Improved Performance 

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Presto, a prominent open-source distributed SQL query engine, has been at the leading edge of high-performance data analytics for over a decade. In analytical data processing, the effectiveness of query optimization is paramount. Over the last half-century, optimizing SQL queries has been a hotbed of research and development, resulting in groundbreaking innovations. This blog post…

Quick Stats – Runtime ANALYZE for Better Query Plans with Presto

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At PrestoCon Day, Anant Aneja of Ahana, an IBM Company introduced a new feature for Presto called Quick Stats which aims to enhance query optimization by providing up-to-date statistics for the query optimizer. This enables more accurate cost-based decisions and better selectivity for non-trivial queries. In this blog post we’ll recap the details and benefits…