Re: Planner matching constants across tables in a join

On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:02 pm, Greg Stark wrote:
> Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> > Filter: ((line_id)::text = '0912345 0004'::text)
>
> So I think this means that line_id is being casted to "text". Though I'm
> not clear why it would be choosing "text" for the constant if line_id
> wasn't text to begin with.

A domain defined as varchar() actually - which is why it's not using an index,
but that's neither here nor there regarding the constant issue.

> In any case my plans here look like:
> > Filter: (aa = 'x'::text)
>
> so it looks like there's something extra going on in your plan.
>
> what does your table definition look like?

rms=> \d campaign
       Table "rms.campaign"
  Column  |   Type    | Modifiers
----------+-----------+-----------
 id       | integer   | not null
 title    | item_name |
 cam_from | date      |
 cam_to   | date      |
 owner    | integer   |
Indexes: campaign_pkey primary key btree (id),
         campaign_from_idx btree (cam_from),
         campaign_to_idx btree (cam_to)

rms=> \d campaign_items
    Table "rms.campaign_items"
   Column    |  Type   | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
 cam_id      | integer | not null
 line_id     | tel_num | not null
 prod_id     | integer | not null
 chg_per_min | integer |
 rev_per_min | integer |
Indexes: campaign_items_pkey primary key btree (cam_id, line_id, prod_id),
         cam_item_line_idx btree (line_id)
Foreign Key constraints: $1 FOREIGN KEY (cam_id) REFERENCES campaign(id) ON
UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
                         $2 FOREIGN KEY (line_id) REFERENCES line(telno) ON
UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION,
                         $3 FOREIGN KEY (prod_id) REFERENCES product(id) ON
UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION

rms=> \d activity
                 Table "rms.activity"
   Column   |            Type             | Modifiers
------------+-----------------------------+-----------
 line_id    | tel_num                     | not null
 start_time | timestamp without time zone | not null
 call_dur   | integer                     |
Indexes: activity_pkey primary key btree (line_id, start_time),
         activity_start_idx btree (start_time)
Foreign Key constraints: $1 FOREIGN KEY (line_id) REFERENCES line(telno) ON
UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION


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  Richard Huxton