Alban Hertroys <alban@magproductions.nl> writes:
> Mm_object is always larger than any other table in the database, as
> every table joins with (different) records in it to determine it's otype
> and owner. So I don't understand how a fraction of any of those tables
> could be larger than mm_object as a whole...
No, I said a larger fraction, not a larger absolute number of tuples.
The problem is that because mm_product contains only very small values
of "number", a mergejoin looks like a great way to join it to mm_object:
only the first 5% of mm_object will need to be scanned. The bug
consists in applying that 5% number to mm_insrel, for which it's not
correct.
regards, tom lane