PLEASE...SOMEONE COMMENT: PostgreSQL 6.4BETA not using indexes with subselects

I was hoping someone could shed some light on the
following problem:

The subselect under 6.4 ignores indexes built on
tables.  For example, consider the following two
tables:

\d sales;

Table    = sales

supplysource   varchar() not null  16
supply         varchar() not null  16
supplyunit     varchar() not null  2
quantity       float8    not null  8
target         varchar() not null  16
costcntr       varchar() not null  8
saletype       varchar() not null  16
saledate       datetime  not null  8

Indices:  k_sales
          k_sales_saledate
          k_sales_supply
          k_sales_target


\d locations;

Table    = locations
location       varchar() not null   16
costcntr       varchar() not null   5
supplypath     varchar() not null   64
formpath       varchar() not null   64
engineerpath   varchar() not null   64

Indices:  k_locations
          k_locations_costcntr
          k_locations_location

with the following query:

explain select supply from sales where target in
(select location from locations);
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Seq Scan on sales  (cost=5738.60 size=116806 width=12)
  SubPlan
    ->  Seq Scan on locations  (cost=7.49 size=136 width=12)

EXPLAIN

This results in a full table scan on the outer table
where there are 150K rows.  As a result, it is the
equivalent of a full table scan on 150K (sales) *
100 (locations) rows = 15,000,000 row table scan.

Oracle 8.0.5.00 for Linux Early Adaptor Program
correctly uses the index on the same two tables
resulting on a sequential access on the subselected
table (locations) and an index look-up on the
select table (sales), according to EXPLAIN PLAN.

Due to the failure of PostgreSQL 6.4 to correctly
use indexes with subselects, it makes subselects
practically unusable.

(NOTE: This occurs regardless of whether or not it
is executed immediately following a VACUUM)

Are there any patches available to fix this problem?
Will this fixed in the 6.4 release?

Thanks for any information,

Marcus Mascari
(mascarim@yahoo.com)



   Date:
       Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:30:44 -0800 (PST)
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       Please help (Someone?) - subselect not using indexes
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I was hoping someone could shed some light on the
following problem:

The subselect under 6.4 ignores indexes built on
tables.  For example, consider the following two
tables:

\d sales;

Table    = sales

supplysource   varchar() not null  16
supply         varchar() not null  16
supplyunit     varchar() not null  2
quantity       float8    not null  8
target         varchar() not null  16
costcntr       varchar() not null  8
saletype       varchar() not null  16
saledate       datetime  not null  8

Indices:  k_sales
          k_sales_saledate
          k_sales_supply
          k_sales_target


\d locations;

Table    = locations
location       varchar() not null   16
costcntr       varchar() not null   5
supplypath     varchar() not null   64
formpath       varchar() not null   64
engineerpath   varchar() not null   64

Indices:  k_locations
          k_locations_costcntr
          k_locations_location

with the following query:

explain select supply from sales where target in
(select location from locations);
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Seq Scan on sales  (cost=5738.60 size=116806 width=12)
  SubPlan
    ->  Seq Scan on locations  (cost=7.49 size=136 width=12)

EXPLAIN

This results in a full table scan on the outer table
where there are 150K rows.  As a result, it is the
equivalent of a full table scan on 150K (sales) *
100 (locations) rows = 15,000,000 row table scan.

Oracle 8.0.5.00 for Linux Early Adaptor Program
correctly uses the index on the same two tables
resulting on a sequential access on the subselected
table (locations) and an index look-up on the
select table (sales), according to EXPLAIN PLAN.

Due to the failure of PostgreSQL 6.4 to correctly
use indexes with subselects, it makes subselects
practically unusable.

(NOTE: This occurs regardless of whether or not it
is executed immediately following a VACUUM)

Are there any patches available to fix this problem?
Will this fixed in the 6.4 release?

Thanks for any information,

Marcus Mascari
(mascarim@yahoo.com)




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