Re: Query plan degradation 8.2 --> 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Query plan degradation 8.2 --> 8.3
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Msg-id 10062.1180630761@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Query plan degradation 8.2 --> 8.3  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Query plan degradation 8.2 --> 8.3  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> It does the right thing if t_s_symb is declared as text instead of
>> varchar.  When it's varchar, even setting enable_sort off won't make
>> it pick the right plan, which suggests that it fails to recognize that
>> the index can match the query's ORDER BY.  I'm guessing I overlooked
>> a binary-compatibility case when I rejiggered the handling of PathKeys
>> in connection with the NULLS FIRST/LAST stuff.  No time to look deeper
>> right now.

> Yeah, that looks like the case.  We'll move it to TEXT for the tests right 
> now, but I'll make sure we don't forget this bug during beta.  Thanks!

I've applied a patch that fixes this case, but I'm not yet 100%
convinced that there are no other cases where it'll prevent matching
things that should match.  Please test.
        regards, tom lane


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