Nishad Prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why doesn't the query planner notice that an int-type index is present > and perform the cast on its own? Perhaps one of the developers > can explain? I think users would like this property if it could be > implemented without breaking anything.
It's been done for 7.5. As for why it wasn't done earlier, well, it was a hard problem. Read the pgsql-hackers archives. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match