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 ( t1_lang language, -- NULL for original language t2_lang language, t3_lang language, t4_lang language, t5_lang language, a1_lang language, a2_lang language, a3_lang language, a4_lang language, a5_lang language, t1_latin boolean, t2_latin boolean, t3_latin boolean, t4_latin boolean, t5_latin boolean, a1_latin boolean, a2_latin boolean, a3_latin boolean, a4_latin boolean, a5_latin boolean, t1_official boolean, -- always true for original language t2_official boolean, t3_official boolean, t4_official boolean, t5_official boolean, a1_official boolean, a2_official boolean, a3_official boolean, a4_official boolean, a5_official boolean ); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION vnt(p langprefs) RETURNS SETOF vnt_type AS $$ SELECT v.* , coalesce( CASE WHEN p.t1_latin THEN t1.latin ELSE NULL END, t1.title, CASE WHEN p.t2_latin THEN t2.latin ELSE NULL END, t2.title, CASE WHEN p.t3_latin THEN t3.latin ELSE NULL END, t3.title, CASE WHEN p.t4_latin THEN t4.latin ELSE NULL END, t4.title, CASE WHEN p.t5_latin THEN t5.latin ELSE NULL END, t5.title ) AS title , coalesce( CASE WHEN p.a1_latin THEN a1.latin ELSE NULL END, a1.title, CASE WHEN p.a2_latin THEN a2.latin ELSE NULL END, a2.title, CASE WHEN p.a3_latin THEN a3.latin ELSE NULL END, a3.title, CASE WHEN p.a4_latin THEN a4.latin ELSE NULL END, a4.title, CASE WHEN p.a5_latin THEN a5.latin ELSE NULL END, a5.title ) AS alttitle FROM vn v LEFT JOIN vn_titles t1 ON t1.id = v.id AND t1.lang = COALESCE(p.t1_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.t1_official OR t1.official) LEFT JOIN vn_titles t2 ON t2.id = v.id AND t2.lang = COALESCE(p.t2_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.t2_official OR t2.official) AND p.t1_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles t3 ON t3.id = v.id AND t3.lang = COALESCE(p.t3_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.t3_official OR t3.official) AND p.t1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t2_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles t4 ON t4.id = v.id AND t4.lang = COALESCE(p.t4_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.t4_official OR t4.official) AND p.t1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t2_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t3_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles t5 ON t5.id = v.id AND t5.lang = COALESCE(p.t5_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.t5_official OR t5.official) AND p.t1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t2_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t3_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.t4_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles a1 ON a1.id = v.id AND a1.lang = COALESCE(p.a1_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.a1_official OR a1.official) LEFT JOIN vn_titles a2 ON a2.id = v.id AND a2.lang = COALESCE(p.a2_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.a2_official OR a2.official) AND p.a1_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles a3 ON a3.id = v.id AND a3.lang = COALESCE(p.a3_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.a3_official OR a3.official) AND p.a1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a2_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles a4 ON a4.id = v.id AND a4.lang = COALESCE(p.a4_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.a4_official OR a4.official) AND p.a1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a2_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a3_lang IS NOT NULL LEFT JOIN vn_titles a5 ON a5.id = v.id AND a5.lang = COALESCE(p.a5_lang, v.olang) AND (NOT p.a5_official OR a5.official) AND p.a1_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a2_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a3_lang IS NOT NULL AND p.a4_lang IS NOT NULL $$ LANGUAGE SQL STABLE; SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 0; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle --FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,,,t,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x FROM vnt WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10'; ORDER BY title LIMIT 100; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT id, title, alttitle --FROM vnt('(en,,,,,,,,,,t,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f)'::langprefs) x FROM vnt WHERE NOT hidden --AND x.id < 'v10'; ORDER BY title LIMIT 100;