Re: join selectivity

From: strk(at)refractions(dot)net
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, postgis-devel(at)postgis(dot)refractions(dot)net
Subject: Re: join selectivity
Date: 2004-12-23 15:10:03
Message-ID: 20041223151003.GA4535@freek.keybit.net
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On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:01:33AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> strk(at)refractions(dot)net writes:
> > Doing some tests I've found out that the returned value from the
> > JOINSEL is applied to REL1.rows X REL2.rows, but REL1 and REL2
> > are not 'base' table, rather relations with a number of
> > rows once again estimated by other selectivity functions.
>
> Right. This amounts to assuming that the join conditions and the
> restriction conditions are independent, which of course is bogus,
> but we really don't have enough information to do better.
>
> regards, tom lane

Doesn't JOINSEL have access to RESTRICTSEL output for REL1 and REL2 ?

--strk;

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