Re: pgsql: Allow run-time pruning on nested Append/MergeAppend nodes

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: David Rowley <drowley(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Allow run-time pruning on nested Append/MergeAppend nodes
Date: 2020-11-02 06:29:51
Message-ID: 20201102062951.GB15770@paquier.xyz
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Hi David,

On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 12:49:52AM +0000, David Rowley wrote:
> Allow run-time pruning on nested Append/MergeAppend nodes
>
> Previously we only tagged on the required information to allow the
> executor to perform run-time partition pruning for Append/MergeAppend
> nodes belonging to base relations. It was thought that nested
> Append/MergeAppend nodes were just about always pulled up into the
> top-level Append/MergeAppend and that making the run-time pruning info for
> any sub Append/MergeAppend nodes was a waste of time. However, that was
> likely badly thought through.

fairywen is telling that some of the plans produced in these new tests
are not stable:
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=fairywren&dt=2020-11-02%2005%3A20%3A53

Thanks,
--
Michael

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