I'm using PostgreSQL 8.3.
Is it normal that plans using a scan on a partial unique index
estimate that much more than one row is returned?
Eg. I see:
-> Bitmap Index Scan on tmp_idx_oss_archive_object_id_current (cost=0.00..3.12 rows=4189 width=0)
where the tmp_idx_oss_archive_object_id_current index is a partial unique index.
The estimated row count would be correct for the whole table but obviously not for
the part covered by the unique index.
This happens to be a problem in this case because then the planner
prefers a sequence scan on a table joined to this one and a hash join to an index scan
and a nested loop join. Which takes hundreds of milliseconds instead of
one, so setting enable_hashjoin to false increases performance immensely.
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