Brett Bergquist created DERBY-6317:
--------------------------------------

             Summary: Optmizer can choose the wrong path when 
BTreeCostController.java returns an estimate cost and row count of 0.0
                 Key: DERBY-6317
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6317
             Project: Derby
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: SQL
    Affects Versions: 10.8.2.2
         Environment: Derby 10.8.2.2 on Oracle Solaris 10 
            Reporter: Brett Bergquist


The optimizer can chose the wrong path when BTreeCostController.java returns an 
estimate cost and row count of 0.0.  

Assume that you have two tables that are being joined like:


SELECT * FROM T1, T0
WHERE T1.ID = T0.F_ID and
T0.ID = 3;

Also assume that T0 has two columns, ID and F_ID and F_ID is a foreign key on 
T1.ID.   Assume that T1.ID is the primary key of T1 and (T0.F_ID, T0.ID) is the 
primary key on T0.  Assume that there is a non-unique index on T0.ID.

The correct query plan for this should be to query T0 using the non-unique 
index on T0.ID and then use the foreign key value in those rows to do query T1 
using the primary key on T1.

With some values of T0.ID in the above query this query plan is chosen and 
works.  With other values of T0.ID , the query plan does an query on T0 using 
the non-unique index on T0.ID and then does a table scan on T1.

For example, in my case the query:

SELECT * FROM T1, T0
WHERE T1.ID = T0.F_ID and
T0.ID = 22112129;

has this query plan.   

The problem appears to be in BTreeCostController.java.  When this returns the 
same value for the "left_of_start" and the "left_of_stop" (which is being used 
to estimate the number of rows and cost), then the estimate cost and row count 
becomes 0.0.   When this is used in the join order of T0, T1, then the cost of 
the table scan for T1 becomes 0.0 as well.


--
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators
For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

Reply via email to