Re: Calculage avg. width when operator = is missing

From: "Shulgin, Oleksandr" <oleksandr(dot)shulgin(at)zalando(dot)de>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Calculage avg. width when operator = is missing
Date: 2015-09-23 06:27:40
Message-ID: CACACo5QrzDAuWyr2YW7_wRRu-8+Kr-Nb8aKw_zs8T0qLLiwGpw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Should we consider this HEAD-only, or a back-patchable bug fix?
> > Or perhaps compromise on HEAD + 9.5?
>
> It looks like a bug to me, but I think it might destabilize approved
> execution plans(*), so it may not be such a great idea to back patch
> branches that are already released. I think HEAD + 9.5 is good.
>
> (*) I hear there are even applications where queries and their approved
> execution plans are kept in a manifest, and plans that deviate from that
> raise all kinds of alarms. I have never seen such a thing ...
>

Ugh. Anyway, do you expect any plans to change only due to avg. width
estimation being different? Why would that be so?

--
Alex

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