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From tgl@postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: Tweak joinlist creation to avoid generating useless one-element
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Msg-id 20070108164730.475449FB1BF@postgresql.org
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Tweak joinlist creation to avoid generating useless one-element subproblems
when collapsing of JOIN trees is stopped by join_collapse_limit.  For instance
a list of 11 LEFT JOINs with limit 8 now produces something like
    ((1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) 9 10 11 12)
instead of
    (((1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) (9)) 10 11 12)
The latter structure is really only required for a FULL JOIN.
Noted while studying an example from Shane Ambler.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan:
        initsplan.c (r1.126 -> r1.127)

(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/initsplan.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127)

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