Re: CTE optimization fence on the todo list?

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Chris Rogers <teukros(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CTE optimization fence on the todo list?
Date: 2015-05-01 21:39:47
Message-ID: CAM3SWZTUyxT6z1OJ_93WMz1gwr-VOjD4bYXxmrra5QY4JAHPaA@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> wrote:
>> ISTR a comment to the effect of the SQL standard effectively requires
>> current behavior.
>
> I'd be astonished. The SQL standard doesn't even know that there is
> such a thing as an index, so I presume it doesn't dictate the behavior
> of the query planner either.

I agree. Somehow, the idea that this is within the standard caught on,
but I'm almost certain it's false.

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Peter Geoghegan

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