pgsql: Fix planner to do the right thing when a degenerate outer join

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix planner to do the right thing when a degenerate outer join
Date: 2006-12-12 21:31:09
Message-ID: 20061212213109.4DF3B9FB229@postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Fix planner to do the right thing when a degenerate outer join (one whose
joinclause doesn't use any outer-side vars) requires a "bushy" plan to be
created. The normal heuristic to avoid joins with no joinclause has to be
overridden in that case. Problem is new in 8.2; before that we forced the
outer join order anyway. Per example from Teodor.

Tags:
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REL8_2_STABLE

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/geqo:
geqo_eval.c (r1.81 -> r1.81.2.1)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c.diff?r1=1.81&r2=1.81.2.1)
pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path:
joinrels.c (r1.81 -> r1.81.2.1)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c.diff?r1=1.81&r2=1.81.2.1)
pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util:
joininfo.c (r1.44 -> r1.44.2.1)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/joininfo.c.diff?r1=1.44&r2=1.44.2.1)
pgsql/src/include/optimizer:
joininfo.h (r1.31 -> r1.31.2.1)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/optimizer/joininfo.h.diff?r1=1.31&r2=1.31.2.1)

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