=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sebastian_B=F6ck?= <sebastianboeck@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I get unpredictibale results selecting from a view depending on > index-usage. It's not actually *using* the indexes, although presence of the indexes does seem to be needed to trigger the bug: regression=# explain SELECT * from test WHERE type = 'a'; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nested Loop Left Join (cost=0.00..2.29 rows=1 width=40) Join Filter: (("outer"."type" = 'c'::text) OR ("outer"."type" = 'b'::text)) -> Seq Scan on test2 (cost=0.00..1.16 rows=1 width=40) Filter: (("type" = 'a'::text) AND (("type" = 'c'::text) OR ("type" = 'b'::text))) -> Seq Scan on test2 t2 (cost=0.00..1.11 rows=1 width=0) Filter: ("type" = 'a'::text) (6 rows) regression=# drop index index_b; DROP INDEX regression=# explain SELECT * from test WHERE type = 'a'; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nested Loop Left Join (cost=0.00..2.24 rows=1 width=40) Join Filter: (("outer"."type" = 'c'::text) OR ("outer"."type" = 'b'::text)) -> Seq Scan on test2 (cost=0.00..1.11 rows=1 width=40) Filter: ("type" = 'a'::text) -> Seq Scan on test2 t2 (cost=0.00..1.11 rows=1 width=0) Filter: ("type" = 'a'::text) (6 rows) It looks like the problem is that the new 8.1 OR-index-qual code is confused about when it can apply outer-join conditions. It shouldn't be propagating the outer-join condition into the scan condition on test2, but it is. Will fix. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings