Roger Ging <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> See results below.

Thanks for the report.  It seems the issue is that the estimate for the
number of matching rows is way off (870 vs 8):

>    ->  Index Scan using idx_program_mri_id_no_program on program p  
> (cost=0.00..3400.74 rows=870 width=40) (actual time=0.041..0.127 rows=8 
> loops=32)

which discourages the planner from using a nestloop.  I'm not sure we
can do much about this in the short term.  There's been some discussion
of keeping statistics about the values of functional indexes, which
would allow a better estimate to be made in this situation; but that
won't happen before 7.5 at the earliest.

> Turning enable_hashjoin off made the query run as it had on v7.3.  We 
> have worked around this by changing the index from a function call to a 
> direct index on a new column with the results of the function maintained 
> by a trigger.  Would there be performance issues from leaving 
> enable_hashjoin off, or do you recomend enabling it, and working around 
> function calls in indices?

Turning enable_hashjoin off globally would be a *really bad* idea IMHO.
The workaround with a derived column seems okay, though certainly a pain
in the neck.  Can you manage to turn off enable_hashjoin just for this
one query?  That might be the best short-term workaround.

                        regards, tom lane

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