I wrote:
> Interesting. We seem to recognize the fact that the extra clause is
> redundant in nearly all places ... but not in indexscan plan generation.
> I tried this simplified test case:
> create table t_wert(werttypid int);
> create table t_werttyp(id int);
> create index idx_wert_werttypid on t_wert(werttypid);
> explain select * from
> t_wert JOIN t_werttyp ON (t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid)
> where t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid;
> explain select * from
> t_wert JOIN t_werttyp ON (t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid);
FYI, I have committed changes that seem to fix this problem in CVS tip.
regression=# set enable_mergejoin to 0;
SET
regression=# set enable_hashjoin to 0;
SET
regression=# explain select * from
regression-# t_wert JOIN t_werttyp ON (t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid)
regression-# where t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid; QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nested Loop
(cost=0.00..17150.00rows=5000 width=8) -> Seq Scan on t_werttyp (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=4) -> Index Scan
usingidx_wert_werttypid on t_wert (cost=0.00..17.07 rows=5 width=4) Index Cond: ("outer".id =
t_wert.werttypid)
(4 rows)
regression=# explain select * from
regression-# t_wert JOIN t_werttyp ON (t_werttyp.id = t_wert.werttypid); QUERY
PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nested Loop
(cost=0.00..17150.00rows=5000 width=8) -> Seq Scan on t_werttyp (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=4) -> Index Scan
usingidx_wert_werttypid on t_wert (cost=0.00..17.07 rows=5 width=4) Index Cond: ("outer".id =
t_wert.werttypid)
(4 rows)
regards, tom lane