Re: [PATCH] Equivalence Class Filters

On 12/7/15 10:44 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
> There are many optimizations we might adopt, yet planning time is a
> factor. It seems simple enough to ignore more complex optimizations if
> we have already achieved a threshold cost (say 10). Such a test would
> add nearly zero time for the common case. We can apply the optimizations
> in some kind of ordering depending upon the cost, so we are careful to
> balance the cost/benefit of trying certain optimizations.

Unfortunately I've seen a lot of millisecond queries that have 6 figure 
estimates, due to data being in cache. So I'm not sure how practical 
that would be.

Maybe a better starting point would be a planner timeout.

I definitely agree we need some method to limit planning time when 
necessary (ie: OLTP). Without that we'll never be able to start testing 
more complex optimizations.
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