Re: Hash support for row types

I wrote a new patch to add a lot more tests around hash-based plans.
This is intended to apply separately from the other patch, and the other
patch would then "flip" some of the test cases.

On 2020-11-13 20:51, Tom Lane wrote:
> * The new test in with.sql claims to be testing row hashing, but
> it's not very apparent that any such thing actually happens. Maybe
> EXPLAIN the query, as well as execute it, to confirm that a
> hash-based plan is used.

The recursive union requires hashing, but this is not visible in the
plan. You only get an error if there is no hashing support for a type.
I have added a test for this.

For the non-recursive union, I have added more tests that show this in
the plans.

> * Is it worth devising a test case in which hashing is not possible
> because one of the columns isn't hashable? I have mixed feelings
> about this because the set of suitable column types may decrease
> to empty over time, making it hard to maintain the test case.

I used the money type for now. If someone adds hash support for that,
we'll change it. I don't think this will change too rapidly, though.

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