Optimizing SQL (and DataFrames) in DataFusion, Part 1: Query Optimization Overview
Posted on: Sun 15 June 2025 by alamb, akurmustafa
Note: this blog was originally published on the InfluxData blog
Introduction
Sometimes Query Optimizers are seen as a sort of black magic, “the most challenging problem in computer science,” according to Father Pavlo, or some behind-the-scenes player. We believe this perception is because:
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One must implement the rest of a …