Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane says he's found the problem; I expect he'll be committing > a fix shortly.
The attached patch allows it to generate the expected plan, at least in the test case I tried. regards, tom lane *** src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c.orig Sun Aug 28 18:47:20 2005 --- src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c Thu Sep 22 19:17:41 2005 *************** *** 955,969 **** /* * Examine each joinclause in the joininfo list to see if it matches any * key of any index. If so, add the clause's other rels to the result. - * (Note: we consider only actual participants, not extraneous rels - * possibly mentioned in required_relids.) */ foreach(l, rel->joininfo) { RestrictInfo *joininfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(l); Relids other_rels; ! other_rels = bms_difference(joininfo->clause_relids, rel->relids); if (matches_any_index(joininfo, rel, other_rels)) outer_relids = bms_join(outer_relids, other_rels); else --- 955,967 ---- /* * Examine each joinclause in the joininfo list to see if it matches any * key of any index. If so, add the clause's other rels to the result. */ foreach(l, rel->joininfo) { RestrictInfo *joininfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(l); Relids other_rels; ! other_rels = bms_difference(joininfo->required_relids, rel->relids); if (matches_any_index(joininfo, rel, other_rels)) outer_relids = bms_join(outer_relids, other_rels); else ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend