From: | "Peter J(dot) Holzer" <hjp(at)hjp(dot)at> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Plan for update ... where a is not distinct from b |
Date: | 2017-11-28 20:56:47 |
Message-ID: | 20171128205647.4bnsuxn4n4c6kn2p@hjp.at |
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On 2017-11-28 09:35:33 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at> writes:
> > I noticed that an update was taking a long time and found this:
> > [ crappy plan for join on IS NOT DISTINCT ]
>
> Yeah, there's no optimization smarts at all for IS [NOT] DISTINCT.
> It can't be converted into a merge qual, nor a hash qual, nor an
> indexscan qual.
Pity. I expected IS NOT DISTINCT to be treated pretty much like =, given
that it is just a more naive equality test. In particular, since
PostgreSQL stores NULL values in indexes (unlike Oracle) I expected it
to be able to use an index scan.
> In principle this could be improved, but given how much work it'd be
> and how seldom anyone complains, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.
Yeah, IS [NOT] DISTINCT is pretty obscure. I guess not many people use
it.
hp
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