Re: Regex query not using index

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Postgres User <postgres(dot)developer(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regex query not using index
Date: 2008-02-20 09:02:09
Message-ID: 20080220090209.GA32127@svana.org
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:56:54AM -0800, Postgres User wrote:
> a final question: why does this syntax do a seq scan + filter:
>
> select * from tablea where fielda = fielda -or- select * from
> tablea where fielda in (fielda)
>
> while this syntax results in no filter, seq scan only
>
> select * from tablea where 1 = 1
>
> it seems that both where clauses should be ignored by the optimizer-
> or am i missing something

WHERE fielda = fielda will only match non-null rows...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
> -- John F Kennedy

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