Re: possible bug in 8.4

Grzegorz Jaskiewicz <gj(at)pointblue(dot)com(dot)pl> writes:

> all I know, is that the same query will work on 8.3 in reasonably acceptable
> time frame.
>

Because I see the exact same plan -- in fact with the exact same cost:

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postgres=# explain select a.a from a where a not in (select a from b);
QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on a (cost=99035.00..257874197565.00 rows=3000000 width=4)
Filter: (NOT (subplan))
SubPlan
-> Materialize (cost=99035.00..171493.00 rows=5400000 width=4)
-> Seq Scan on b (cost=0.00..75177.00 rows=5400000 width=4)
(5 rows)

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