Dmitry Tkach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It now looks like a bug in the query planner to me - it seems that it
> just doesn't consider indices with predicates for join plans...
> I was looking at the source code, and it looks like pred_test() is
> responsible for that.
Yup. I've applied the attached patch, which seems to solve the problem
in CVS tip. I haven't tested it in the REL7_2 branch, but I believe it
will work if you want to patch locally.
regards, tom lane
*** src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c.orig Fri Jun 21 14:17:33 2002
--- src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c Sat Jul 13 14:57:26 2002
***************
*** 35,40 ****
--- 35,41 ----
#include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
#include "parser/parse_expr.h"
#include "parser/parse_oper.h"
+ #include "rewrite/rewriteManip.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
***************
*** 79,85 ****
int indexkey, Oid opclass,
Expr *clause, bool join);
static bool pred_test(List *predicate_list, List *restrictinfo_list,
! List *joininfo_list);
static bool pred_test_restrict_list(Expr *predicate, List *restrictinfo_list);
static bool pred_test_recurse_clause(Expr *predicate, Node *clause);
static bool pred_test_recurse_pred(Expr *predicate, Node *clause);
--- 80,86 ----
int indexkey, Oid opclass,
Expr *clause, bool join);
static bool pred_test(List *predicate_list, List *restrictinfo_list,
! List *joininfo_list, int relvarno);
static bool pred_test_restrict_list(Expr *predicate, List *restrictinfo_list);
static bool pred_test_recurse_clause(Expr *predicate, Node *clause);
static bool pred_test_recurse_pred(Expr *predicate, Node *clause);
***************
*** 153,159 ****
* predicate test.
*/
if (index->indpred != NIL)
! if (!pred_test(index->indpred, restrictinfo_list,
joininfo_list))
continue;
/*
--- 154,161 ----
* predicate test.
*/
if (index->indpred != NIL)
! if (!pred_test(index->indpred, restrictinfo_list,
joininfo_list,
! lfirsti(rel->relids)))
continue;
/*
***************
*** 957,963 ****
* to CNF format). --Nels, Jan '93
*/
static bool
! pred_test(List *predicate_list, List *restrictinfo_list, List *joininfo_list)
{
List *pred;
--- 959,966 ----
* to CNF format). --Nels, Jan '93
*/
static bool
! pred_test(List *predicate_list, List *restrictinfo_list, List *joininfo_list,
! int relvarno)
{
List *pred;
***************
*** 979,984 ****
--- 982,999 ----
if (restrictinfo_list == NIL)
return false; /* no restriction clauses: the test
must
* fail */
+
+ /*
+ * The predicate as stored in the index definition will use varno 1
+ * for its Vars referencing the indexed relation. If the indexed
+ * relation isn't varno 1 in the query, we must adjust the predicate
+ * to make the Vars match, else equal() won't work.
+ */
+ if (relvarno != 1)
+ {
+ predicate_list = copyObject(predicate_list);
+ ChangeVarNodes((Node *) predicate_list, 1, relvarno, 0);
+ }
foreach(pred, predicate_list)
{
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