Re: BUG #3225: BitmapOr plan node does not show currect row count - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Russell Smith
Subject Re: BUG #3225: BitmapOr plan node does not show currect row count
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Msg-id 46202830.5030909@pws.com.au
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In response to Re: BUG #3225: BitmapOr plan node does not show currect row count  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Jens-Wolfhard Schicke" <j.schicke@asco.de> writes:
>
>> I an explain analyze I saw recently, a BitmapOr node of 5 Bitmap Index Scan
>> looked like this:
>> BitmapOr  (cost=43.57..43.57 rows=1833 width=0) (actual time=0.146..0.146
>> rows=0 loops=1)
>>
>
>
Can we do better than just saying 0?  something indicating not
calculated, or the fact we can't calculate it?

> BitmapOr and BitmapAnd don't attempt to count their result rows --- doing
> so would involve an extra scan over the bitmap, and what would you do
> for lossy pages?
>
>             regards, tom lane
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