Re: [HACKERS] RE: [GENERAL] Long update query ? (also Re: [GENERAL] CNF vs. DNF)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: daveh(at)insightdist(dot)com (David Hartwig)
Cc: taral(at)mail(dot)utexas(dot)edu, jwieck(at)debis(dot)com, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE: [GENERAL] Long update query ? (also Re: [GENERAL] CNF vs. DNF)
Date: 1998-10-07 17:56:18
Message-ID: 199810071756.NAA02839@candle.pha.pa.us
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> The problem is that you cannot depend upon factoring to reduce these complex
> statements. We need to retain a place holder (pointer) for each passed
> parameter. Otherwise we need to re-(parse and plan) the statement before each
> execution; thus, loosing one of the major benefits of PREPARE.

I think we already have such a problem. When using optimization
statistics, the optimizer checks the value of the constant to determine
how many rows will be returned by a "x > 10" by looking at the min/max
values for the column. Prepared queries where this value will change
would make that a problem.

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