Re: POC, WIP: OR-clause support for indexes

From: Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Pavel Borisov <pashkin(dot)elfe(at)gmail(dot)com>, "a(dot)rybakina" <a(dot)rybakina(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: POC, WIP: OR-clause support for indexes
Date: 2025-03-24 10:10:00
Message-ID: 3ac7c436-81e1-4191-9caf-b0dd70b51511@gmail.com
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Hi,

Playing with the feature, I found a slightly irritating permutation -
even if this code doesn't group any clauses, it may permute positions of
the quals. See:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS main_tbl;
CREATE TABLE main_tbl(id bigint, hundred int, thousand int);
CREATE INDEX mt_hundred_ix ON main_tbl(hundred);
CREATE INDEX mt_thousand_ix ON main_tbl(thousand);
VACUUM (ANALYZE) main_tbl;

SET enable_seqscan = off;
EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
SELECT m.id, m.hundred, m.thousand
FROM main_tbl m WHERE (m.hundred < 2 OR m.thousand < 3);

Bitmap Heap Scan on public.main_tbl m
Output: id, hundred, thousand
Recheck Cond: ((m.thousand < 3) OR (m.hundred < 2))
-> BitmapOr
-> Bitmap Index Scan on mt_thousand_ix
Index Cond: (m.thousand < 3)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on mt_hundred_ix
Index Cond: (m.hundred < 2)

Conditions on the columns "thousand" and "hundred" changed their places
according to the initial positions defined in the user's SQL.
It isn't okay. I see that users often use the trick of "OR order" to
avoid unnecessary calculations - most frequently, Subplan evaluations.
So, it makes sense to fix.
In the attachment, I have included a quick fix for this issue. Although
many tests returned to their initial (pre-18) state, I added some tests
specifically related to this issue to make it clearer.

--
regards, Andrei Lepikhov

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clause-permutation-fix.diff text/x-patch 9.1 KB

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