pgsql: Fix best_inner_indexscan to return both the cheapest-total-cost

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix best_inner_indexscan to return both the cheapest-total-cost
Date: 2007-05-22 01:40:53
Message-ID: 20070522014053.4B9CA9FB293@postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Fix best_inner_indexscan to return both the cheapest-total-cost and
cheapest-startup-cost innerjoin indexscans, and make joinpath.c consider
both of these (when different) as the inside of a nestloop join. The
original design was based on the assumption that indexscan paths always
have negligible startup cost, and so total cost is the only important
figure of merit; an assumption that's obviously broken by bitmap
indexscans. This oversight could lead to choosing poor plans in cases
where fast-start behavior is more important than total cost, such as
LIMIT and IN queries. 8.1-vintage brain fade exposed by an example from
Chuck D.

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REL8_1_STABLE

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/nodes:
outfuncs.c (r1.261.2.1 -> r1.261.2.2)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c.diff?r1=1.261.2.1&r2=1.261.2.2)
pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path:
indxpath.c (r1.191.2.10 -> r1.191.2.11)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c.diff?r1=1.191.2.10&r2=1.191.2.11)
joinpath.c (r1.97.2.1 -> r1.97.2.2)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c.diff?r1=1.97.2.1&r2=1.97.2.2)
pgsql/src/include/nodes:
relation.h (r1.119.2.1 -> r1.119.2.2)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/nodes/relation.h.diff?r1=1.119.2.1&r2=1.119.2.2)
pgsql/src/include/optimizer:
paths.h (r1.88.2.2 -> r1.88.2.3)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/optimizer/paths.h.diff?r1=1.88.2.2&r2=1.88.2.3)

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