Re: Rangejoin rebased

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rangejoin rebased
Date: 2018-01-15 15:36:21
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoa9PpvRXzXOVgzHArC8MJUqzzyAXBML3i-aCw5MOd7J9g@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 11:24 PM, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:
>> Just to emphasise why we want this, it might be better for the EXPLAIN
>> to say "Time Range Join" when the ranges being joined are Time Ranges,
>> and for other cases to just say "Range Join". The use of the word
>> Merge doesn't help much there.
>
> I don't care for special-casing the word "time" in there, because no
> other type would benefit. It seems a little too magical. I also do
> like leaving "merge" in there because it helps the user understand why
> their inputs are being sorted.

+1.

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Robert Haas
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