Re: hash index improving v3

It is nice test case. It should be part of hash index regression test.

Zdenek

Alex Hunsaker napsal(a):
> Ok now that I made it so it actually *test* collisions, with the patch
> it always returns all rows that matched the hashed "key". For example
> (non lobotomized inthash8, I just brute forced some collisions for 0
> so that anyone can try this)
>
> create table test_hash (num int8);
> insert into test_hash (num) values (0), (1805671691), (3294821164),
> (4294967297);
> create index test_hash_num_idx on test_hash using hash (num);
> select * from test_hash where num = 0;
> num
> ------------
> 0
> 1805671691
> 3294821164
> 4294967297
>
> set enable_bitmapscan to off;
>
> select * from test_hash where num = 0;
> num
> -----
> 0
>
> CVS HEAD, 8_3_STABLE obviously work if I force the index scan

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