Re: BUG #19563: Planner does not eliminate redundant outer DISTINCT over UNION

From: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
To: 2320415112(at)qq(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #19563: Planner does not eliminate redundant outer DISTINCT over UNION
Date: 2026-07-21 14:28:20
Message-ID: 74d59eb1-8100-4899-9f70-6e29f22e4c5b@postgresfriends.org
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On 21/07/2026 12:46, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 19563
> Logged by: cl hl
> Email address: 2320415112(at)qq(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 17.10
> Operating system: Linux LAPTOP-2SQAVLB0 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-
> Description:
>
> PostgreSQL keeps an extra duplicate-removal operator for a redundant outer
> `DISTINCT` over a `UNION` query.

Funny this should come up, I have recently been working on improvements
for DISTINCT tracking. Nothing ready to publish yet, but at least one
other person noticed this missed optimization, and others like it.

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Vik Fearing

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