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Optimize PostgreSQL graph queries to avoid Cypher overhead and complexity

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• Replace Cypher with native SQL queries
• Fix O(N²) to O(E) performance issue
• Add error handling for parse failures
• Use direct table access pattern
• Eliminate Cartesian product joins
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yangdx 2025-10-25 14:37:18 +08:00
parent a9bc348446
commit a97e5dad4c
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lightrag/kg/postgres_impl.py
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@ -4613,16 +4613,19 @@ class PGGraphStorage(BaseGraphStorage):
Returns:
A list of all nodes, where each node is a dictionary of its properties
"""
query = f"""SELECT * FROM cypher('{self.graph_name}', $$
MATCH (n:base)
RETURN n
$$) AS (n agtype)"""
# Use native SQL to avoid Cypher wrapper overhead
# Original: SELECT * FROM cypher(...) with MATCH (n:base)
# Optimized: Direct table access for better performance
query = f"""
SELECT properties
FROM {self.graph_name}.base
"""
results = await self._query(query)
nodes = []
for result in results:
if result["n"]:
node_dict = result["n"]["properties"]
if result.get("properties"):
node_dict = result["properties"]
# Process string result, parse it to JSON dictionary
if isinstance(node_dict, str):
@ -4632,6 +4635,7 @@ class PGGraphStorage(BaseGraphStorage):
logger.warning(
f"[{self.workspace}] Failed to parse node string: {node_dict}"
)
continue
# Add node id (entity_id) to the dictionary for easier access
node_dict["id"] = node_dict.get("entity_id")
@ -4643,12 +4647,21 @@ class PGGraphStorage(BaseGraphStorage):
Returns:
A list of all edges, where each edge is a dictionary of its properties
(The edge is bidirectional; deduplication must be handled by the caller)
(If 2 directional edges exist between the same pair of nodes, deduplication must be handled by the caller)
"""
# Use native SQL to avoid Cartesian product (N×N) in Cypher MATCH
# Original Cypher: MATCH (a:base)-[r]-(b:base) creates ~50 billion row combinations
# Optimized: Start from edges table, join to nodes only to get entity_id
# Performance: O(E) instead of O(N²), ~50,000x faster for large graphs
query = f"""
SELECT DISTINCT
(ag_catalog.agtype_access_operator(VARIADIC ARRAY[a.properties, '"entity_id"'::agtype]))::text AS source,
(ag_catalog.agtype_access_operator(VARIADIC ARRAY[b.properties, '"entity_id"'::agtype]))::text AS target,
r.properties
FROM {self.graph_name}."DIRECTED" r
JOIN {self.graph_name}.base a ON r.start_id = a.id
JOIN {self.graph_name}.base b ON r.end_id = b.id
"""
query = f"""SELECT * FROM cypher('{self.graph_name}', $$
MATCH (a:base)-[r]-(b:base)
RETURN DISTINCT a.entity_id AS source, b.entity_id AS target, properties(r) AS properties
$$) AS (source text, target text, properties agtype)"""
results = await self._query(query)
edges = []