Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Vadim Mikheev
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer
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Msg-id 36F14CCE.2C06CE07@krs.ru
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> My guess is that the creation of the index updates the table size
> statistics.

Yes.

> However, when I see zero size, I don't know if it is accurate, or if
> someone has added rows since the last vacuum/index creation, so I think
> it is correct to use an index on a zero-length table if it is
> appropriate.  If the size is 1, I will assume that number is accurate,
> and do a sequential scan.
> 
> Does that make sense?

Yes. But we have to fix SeqScan for field1 = -1...

Vadim


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