# LTREE Performance Benchmark

Comprehensive performance testing for all 23 LTREE operators with realistic hierarchical data.

## Overview

This benchmark measures query performance for PostgreSQL LTREE operations using a 10,000-row dataset with realistic hierarchical category structures (science, business, arts, technology, sports).

## Dataset

- **Size**: 10,000 rows
- **Max Depth**: 6 levels
- **Structure**: Hierarchical categories with metadata
- **Index**: GiST index on `category_path` column

## Tested Operators

### Basic Operations (4)
- Equality (`=`)
- Inequality (`!=`)
- IN array
- NOT IN array

### Hierarchical Operations (2)
- Ancestor of (`@>`)
- Descendant of (`<@`)

### Pattern Matching (3)
- LQUERY match (`~`)
- LTXTQUERY match (`@`)
- Match any LQUERY (`?`)

### Path Analysis (8)
- Path depth (`nlevel`, `nlevel_eq`, `nlevel_gt`, etc.)
- Subpath extraction (`subpath`)
- Sublabel position (`index`, `index_eq`, `index_gte`)

### Path Manipulation (2)
- Concatenation (`||`)
- Lowest common ancestor (`lca`)

### Array Operations (2)
- IN array
- Array contains (`@>`)

## Running the Benchmark

### Prerequisites
- PostgreSQL database
- Python dependencies: `psycopg_pool`

### Setup
```bash
# Create database and run setup
psql -U postgres -d fraiseql_test -f 00_setup.sql
```

### Execute Benchmark
```bash
cd benchmarks/ltree_performance_benchmark
python ltree_benchmark.py
```

## Results

The benchmark generates:
- **Operator Performance**: Average, median, min/max response times for each operator
- **Index Comparison**: Performance difference with/without GiST index
- **JSON Report**: Detailed results saved to timestamped file

## Expected Performance

With GiST index:
- Basic operations: < 1ms
- Hierarchical operations: 1-5ms
- Pattern matching: 2-10ms
- Complex queries: 5-20ms

Index typically provides 10-100x speedup for hierarchical queries.

## Key Findings

1. **GiST Index Critical**: Essential for hierarchical queries
2. **Pattern Matching Cost**: LTXTQUERY more expensive than LQUERY
3. **Depth Operations Fast**: nlevel operations very efficient
4. **Complex Queries Scale**: Multiple conditions still performant

## Integration with FraiseQL

These benchmarks validate that the 23 LTREE operators implemented in FraiseQL provide production-ready performance for hierarchical data filtering in GraphQL APIs.</content>
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