Re: 7.4 compatibility question

Greg Stark wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> > Michael Brusser wrote:
> >
> > > Optimizer improvements
> > > => this tells me nothing. I suppose this could be a minor internal code
> > > tweak, which does not affect me. On the other hand this could be a major
> > > breakthrough, so now I can run some stupid query which would take
> > > a week to complete in the previous release. How do I know?
> >
> > Yes, this is always very hard to explain. The optimizer itself is
> > complex, and uses complex terms like merge join and key pruning. It is
> > hard to explain what queries will be affected, though the basic issue is
> > that the optimizer will choose a better plan more frequently.
>
> One thing that might be worth mentioning is that "WHERE foo IN (subquery)"
> type queries are much improved. That's a one of the more common complaints
> about 7.3 and previous and it's one that fairly easy to recognize.

That is right at the top of the release notes:

Performance
IN/NOT IN subqueries are now much more efficient

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