Re: Regression in join selectivity estimations when using foreign keys

From: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regression in join selectivity estimations when using foreign keys
Date: 2017-06-20 22:13:18
Message-ID: CAKJS1f9dzWgNNsQrJpu2uN_Cp=zXRBOAQ0cEMb5BD2do6izd+A@mail.gmail.com
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On 20 June 2017 at 07:49, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I'm not totally satisfied that there isn't any case where the smallest
> selectivity hack is appropriate. In the example you're showing here,
> the FK columns are independent so that we get more or less the right
> answer with or without the FK. But in some quick testing I could not
> produce a counterexample proving that that heuristic is helpful;
> so for now let's can it.
>
> Thanks, and sorry again for the delay.

Many thanks for taking the time on this.

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