Re: Indexes on expressions with multiple columns and operators

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Frédéric Yhuel <frederic(dot)yhuel(at)dalibo(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Christophe Courtois <christophe(dot)courtois(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Subject: Re: Indexes on expressions with multiple columns and operators
Date: 2025-09-18 16:40:39
Message-ID: 1972974.1758213639@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> Sigh ... so the answer is this used to work (since commit 39df0f150)
> and then I carelessly broke it in commit a391ff3c3. If you try this
> test case in versions 9.5..11 you get a spot-on rowcount estimate.
> Serves me right for not having a test case I guess, but I'm astonished
> that nobody complained sooner.

The attached fixes things so it works like it did pre-a391ff3c3.

I spent some time trying to devise a test case, and was reminded
of why I didn't have one before: it's hard to make a case that
will be robust enough to not show diffs in the buildfarm.
I'll keep thinking about that though.

regards, tom lane

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v1-fix-misfactoring-of-function-selectivity.patch text/x-diff 3.1 KB

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