I wrote: > Hmm. IIRC, there are smarts in there about whether a mergejoin can > terminate early because of disparate ranges of the two join variables. > Seems like it should be straightforward to fix it to also consider > whether the time-to-return-first-row will be bloated because of > disparate ranges.
I've posted a proposed patch for this: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-12/msg00025.php regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
