Re: Infinity confuses planner (was Re: query plan)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mike Quinn <mquinn(at)co(dot)merced(dot)ca(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Infinity confuses planner (was Re: query plan)
Date: 2001-10-13 23:57:43
Message-ID: 200110132357.f9DNvh123942@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Shouldn't infinity be treated similar to NULL.
>
> Nope. It has a definite position in the sort order.

I was thinking about the optimizer's histogram, not the index ordering.
Anyway, seems you got it fixed already.

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