Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> writes:
> joinlimit=# EXPLAIN SELECT c.id FROM c JOIN b ON c_id=c.id GROUP BY
> c.id ORDER BY c.id DESC LIMIT 5;
> [ fails to pick an available index-scan-backward plan ]
I looked into this and found that indeed the desirable join plan was
getting generated, but it wasn't picked because query_planner didn't
have an accurate idea of how much of the join needed to be scanned to
satisfy the GROUP BY step. I've committed some changes that hopefully
will let 8.1 be smarter about GROUP BY ... LIMIT queries.
regards, tom lane