Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: vadim(at)krs(dot)ru (Vadim Mikheev)
Cc: bamby(at)marka(dot)net(dot)ua, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: Bug in optimizer
Date: 1999-03-18 19:00:20
Message-ID: 199903181900.OAA05914@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > My guess is that the creation of the index updates the table size
> > statistics.
>
> Yes.
>
> > However, when I see zero size, I don't know if it is accurate, or if
> > someone has added rows since the last vacuum/index creation, so I think
> > it is correct to use an index on a zero-length table if it is
> > appropriate. If the size is 1, I will assume that number is accurate,
> > and do a sequential scan.
> >
> > Does that make sense?
>
> Yes. But we have to fix SeqScan for field1 = -1...

Woh, I just tried it myself, and was able to reproduce it. I will check
into it now. Gee, that is very strange.

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