Re: release notes: tids & self-joins

From: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: release notes: tids & self-joins
Date: 2019-06-13 20:53:05
Message-ID: CAKJS1f88y0a_=0tujXH7Fq-G15cWLe2dWqEm8F-WbsPRKP3RGg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 05:22, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > So I think that this should probably be changed to say something like
> > "Improve optimization of self-joins on ctid columns" or "Improve
> > optimization of joins involving columns of type tid."
>
> The latter seems fine to me.

The latter seems a bit inaccurate to me given the fact that a column
with the type tid could exist elsewhere in the table. Perhaps
"columns of type tid" can be swapped with "a table's ctid column".

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