partial index on boolean, problem with v8.0.0rc1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi all,

PostgreSQL v8.0.0rc1, two variants of a "user_msg" table:

create table user_msg (
  message_id integer not null references message(id) on update cascade on
delete cascade,
  user_id integer not null,
  status smallint not null default 0,
  is_read boolean not null default false,
  unique (message_id,user_id)
);
create index user_msg_is_read_idx on user_msg(is_read) where is_read=true;


create table user_msg (
  message_id integer not null references message(id) on update cascade on
delete cascade,
  user_id integer not null,
  status smallint,
  is_read boolean,
  unique (message_id,user_id)
);
create index user_msg_is_read_idx on user_msg(is_read) where is_read=true;


In both cases, tables are filled with ~10m of rows, "is_read" is false in the
1st case, and "NULL" in the 2nd. I did "VACUUM FULL ANALYSE" after both
imports.

Here's the problem: in the 2nd case, planner wouldn't choose an index scan
using partial index on "is_read" for the following queries:

explain select * from user_msg where is_read=true;
explain select * from user_msg where is_read is true;
explain select * from user_msg where is_read;

In the 1st case, partial index was used for the first query.

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Best Regards,
Igor Shevchenko