Re: [Proposal] Make the optimiser aware of partitions ordering

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ronan Dunklau <ronan(dot)dunklau(at)dalibo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Julien Rouhaud <julien(dot)rouhaud(at)dalibo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [Proposal] Make the optimiser aware of partitions ordering
Date: 2017-03-20 14:52:03
Message-ID: CA+TgmoY4ifAaf6c6G6ytc_uTBvAkuNa_Aru0HNp-eSA7PA66Dg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 6:31 AM, Ronan Dunklau <ronan(dot)dunklau(at)dalibo(dot)com> wrote:
> With range partitioning, we guarantee that each partition contains non-
> overlapping values. Since we know the range allowed for each partition, it is
> possible to sort them according to the partition key (as is done already for
> looking up partitions).
>
> Thus, we ca generate sorted Append plans instead of MergeAppend when sorting
> occurs on the partition key.

Great idea. This is too late for v10 at this point, but please add it
to the next CommitFest so we don't forget about it.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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