On 2/21/07, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Ian Harding" <harding.ian@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I had views that used syntax like
> WHERE datecol < current_date and (otherdatecol is null or otherdatecol
> > current_date)
> Suddenly, this is ungodly inefficient in 8.2.3. It worked just fine in 8.1.3.
This complaint is pretty much content-free (especially with the oblique
implication that it's got something to do with left joins). Please
provide a self-contained test case.
regards, tom lane
True. Yesterday was my last day at that employer, today is my first
at my new one. I needed to get things going and was just happy to be
able to turn enable_nestloop back on and have things work.
I will see if I can get the problem recreated without too much
extraneous junk, it was buried pretty deep in views referencing views
referencing views which took what may be a minor change in query
timing and planning complexity and blowing it out. The odd query
structure (I thought) was a series of self left-joins but that may
have been smoke.
I was just surprised that basically my entire system came to a halt
with a minor version upgrade, and that nobody else had seen anything
similar. I know I write careless SQL from time to time, but again, I
didn't think I was THAT unique!
- Ian
