"Eric B. Ridge" <ebr@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mar 25, 2006, at 12:24 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> This is the sort of detail that you really should not omit. > I'm now curious if complex rules can influence the planner in > negative ways. It's possible. I'm not certain that that is really what you are seeing, but it could be. > ... However, I can try to work up a > test case against 7.4.12 if you think it'll be beneficial. I doubt we'd consider patching such a problem in 7.4. At this point the only issues that will get patched in 7.4 are security and data-loss risks, not performance problems. Again: demonstrating the issue in 8.1 or CVS HEAD would be a good step towards getting people motivated to fix it. regards, tom lane