BEGIN; -- The original VIEW solution for comparison: CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW vnt AS SELECT v.* , COALESCE(ve.title, vo.latin, vo.title) AS title , CASE WHEN vo.latin IS NULL THEN '' ELSE vo.title END AS alttitle FROM vn v JOIN vn_titles vo ON vo.id = v.id AND vo.lang = v.olang LEFT JOIN vn_titles ve ON ve.id = v.id AND ve.lang = 'en'; CREATE TABLE vnt_type (LIKE vn, title text, alttitle text); CREATE TYPE langprefs AS ( -- NULL langs means unused slot t1_lang language, t2_lang language, t3_lang language, t4_lang language, a1_lang language, a2_lang language, a3_lang language, a4_lang language, -- These should never be NULL t1_latin boolean, t2_latin boolean, t3_latin boolean, t4_latin boolean, to_latin boolean, -- Original language fallback a1_latin boolean, a2_latin boolean, a3_latin boolean, a4_latin boolean, ao_latin boolean, -- These have three possible options: -- * NULL: Only if lang == original, i.e. skip this slot if it's not the original language -- * true: Only if official -- * false: Use this language regardless of official/original status t1_official boolean, t2_official boolean, t3_official boolean, t4_official boolean, a1_official boolean, a2_official boolean, a3_official boolean, a4_official boolean ); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION vnt(p langprefs) RETURNS SETOF vnt_type AS $$ SELECT v.* -- The language selection logic below is specially written so that the planner can remove references to joined tables corresponding to NULL languages. , COALESCE( CASE WHEN p.t1_lang IS NULL OR (p.t1_official AND NOT t1.official) OR (p.t1_official IS NULL AND t1.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.t1_latin THEN t1.latin ELSE NULL END, t1.title) END, CASE WHEN p.t2_lang IS NULL OR (p.t2_official AND NOT t2.official) OR (p.t2_official IS NULL AND t2.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.t2_latin THEN t2.latin ELSE NULL END, t2.title) END, CASE WHEN p.t3_lang IS NULL OR (p.t3_official AND NOT t3.official) OR (p.t3_official IS NULL AND t3.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.t3_latin THEN t3.latin ELSE NULL END, t3.title) END, CASE WHEN p.t4_lang IS NULL OR (p.t4_official AND NOT t4.official) OR (p.t4_official IS NULL AND t4.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.t4_latin THEN t4.latin ELSE NULL END, t4.title) END, CASE WHEN p IS NULL OR p.to_latin THEN ol.latin ELSE NULL END, ol.title ) AS title , COALESCE( CASE WHEN p.a1_lang IS NULL OR (p.a1_official AND NOT a1.official) OR (p.a1_official IS NULL AND a1.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.a1_latin THEN a1.latin ELSE NULL END, a1.title) END, CASE WHEN p.a2_lang IS NULL OR (p.a2_official AND NOT a2.official) OR (p.a2_official IS NULL AND a2.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.a2_latin THEN a2.latin ELSE NULL END, a2.title) END, CASE WHEN p.a3_lang IS NULL OR (p.a3_official AND NOT a3.official) OR (p.a3_official IS NULL AND a3.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.a3_latin THEN a3.latin ELSE NULL END, a3.title) END, CASE WHEN p.a4_lang IS NULL OR (p.a4_official AND NOT a4.official) OR (p.a4_official IS NULL AND a4.lang <> v.olang) THEN NULL ELSE COALESCE(CASE WHEN p.a4_latin THEN a4.latin ELSE NULL END, a4.title) END, CASE WHEN p.ao_latin THEN ol.latin ELSE NULL END, ol.title ) AS alttitle FROM vn v JOIN vn_titles ol ON ol.id = v.id AND ol.lang = v.olang -- The COALESCE() below is kind of meaningless, but apparently the query planner can't optimize out JOINs with NULL conditions. LEFT JOIN vn_titles t1 ON t1.id = v.id AND t1.lang = COALESCE(p.t1_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles t2 ON t2.id = v.id AND t2.lang = COALESCE(p.t2_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles t3 ON t3.id = v.id AND t3.lang = COALESCE(p.t3_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles t4 ON t4.id = v.id AND t4.lang = COALESCE(p.t4_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles a1 ON a1.id = v.id AND a1.lang = COALESCE(p.a1_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles a2 ON a2.id = v.id AND a2.lang = COALESCE(p.a2_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles a3 ON a3.id = v.id AND a3.lang = COALESCE(p.a3_lang, 'en') LEFT JOIN vn_titles a4 ON a4.id = v.id AND a4.lang = COALESCE(p.a4_lang, 'en') $$ LANGUAGE SQL STABLE; SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 0; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,,,,,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x -- FROM vnt(NULL) x WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10' ORDER BY title LIMIT 100; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,,,,,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x -- FROM vnt(NULL) x WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10' ORDER BY title LIMIT 100; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle -- FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,,,,,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x FROM vnt x WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10' ORDER BY title LIMIT 100; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle -- FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,,,,,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x FROM vnt x WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10' ORDER BY title LIMIT 100; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT i.id, i.width, i.height, i.id AS vid, v.title FROM (SELECT id, width, height FROM images i TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM (0.93) WHERE i.c_weight > 0 AND vndbid_type(i.id) = 'sf' AND i.c_sexual_avg < 40 AND i.c_violence_avg < 40 ORDER BY random() LIMIT 4) i(id) JOIN vn_screenshots vs ON vs.scr = i.id JOIN vnt('(en,,,,,,,,f,f,f,f,t,f,f,f,f,f,,,,,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) v ON v.id = vs.id WHERE NOT v.hidden ORDER BY random() LIMIT '4';