Re: WIP Join Removal

Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 12:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I haven't thought this through entirely, but wouldn't a partial index be
>> okay if it's marked predOK? You might be right that the case is
>> unlikely, but if it's only one extra line to support it ...

> As of now, its it is predOK then that implies there was a qual on the
> checkrel so can't remove the join.

That conclusion seems utterly wrong to me. Per the example of

a left join b on (a.x = b.y and b.z = 1)

b.z = 1 will bubble down to be a qual on b. It doesn't prevent the join
optimization, and it does possibly allow the use of a partial index.
In particular a unique index on b.y with a predicate involving b.z would
be relevant to the optimization decision here.

In slightly more realistic cases, b might be a view on c that imposes
a WHERE condition on c.z, so that's another avenue for a qual to exist
below the join.

regards, tom lane