CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_plan_tree_dot; CREATE TABLE T1 (C1 int, C2 int); CREATE TABLE T2 (C1 int, C2 int); INSERT INTO T1 (C1, C2) SELECT i, i FROM generate_series(0, 10000) AS i; INSERT INTO T2 (C1, C2) SELECT i, i FROM generate_series(0, 10000) AS i; ANALYZE; SET enable_hashjoin = off; -- SELECT T1.C1, T1.C2 FROM T1 JOIN T2 ON (T1.C1 = T2.C1); EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF, VERBOSE ON) SELECT T1.C1, T1.C2 FROM T1 JOIN T2 ON (T1.C1 = T2.C1); SELECT generate_plan_tree_dot('SELECT T1.C1, T1.C2 FROM T1 JOIN T2 ON (T1.C1 = T2.C1);', 'sample-mergejoin.dot'); DROP TABLE IF EXISTS T1 CASCADE; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS T2 CASCADE;