Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, but how can you tell by looking at the explain? I think the point > is that the "fraction that would be skipped" should be reported somehow.
It is: it's directly reflected in the startup cost. Previously, a mergejoin would always have startup cost equal to the sum of its input startup costs (hence, zero in the cases of interest here). regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly