Re: OUTER JOIN performance regression remains in 8.3beta4

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OUTER JOIN performance regression remains in 8.3beta4
Date: 2008-01-07 16:07:24
Message-ID: 4781F9DC.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov
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>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2008 at 6:46 PM, in message <25278(dot)1199493975(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>,
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> 8.2 (at least at branch tip, can't say for sure about earlier
> dot-releases)

8.2.4 and 8.2.5 both behave this way.

> f2 | f3 | f1
> ----+----+----
> 53 | | 53
> (1 row)
>
> which I claim is the wrong answer.

I agree that it is the wrong answer.

> the first question for you is whether it is intentional that your query
> joins CTHE to CHST rather than to CH.

"CTHE"."eventType" has to match to CHST; there is not an eventType
column in CH. The other values could refer to either; I would expect
that to be logically equivalent (unless I'm missing something).

-Kevin

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