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Consider index-only scans even when there is no matching qual or ORDER BY. 

By popular demand.
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Tom Lane 2011-10-11 15:00:30 -04:00
parent a0185461dd
commit 600d3206d1
1 changed files with 12 additions and 13 deletions
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src/backend/optimizer/path/indxpath.c
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@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ find_usable_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
bool useful_predicate;
bool found_clause;
bool index_is_ordered;
bool index_only_scan = false;
bool checked_index_only = false;
bool index_only_scan;
/*
* Check that index supports the desired scan type(s)
@ -436,17 +435,20 @@ find_usable_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
}
/*
* 3. Generate an indexscan path if there are relevant restriction
* 3. Check if an index-only scan is possible.
*/
index_only_scan = check_index_only(rel, index);
/*
* 4. Generate an indexscan path if there are relevant restriction
* clauses in the current clauses, OR the index ordering is
* potentially useful for later merging or final output ordering, OR
* the index has a predicate that was proven by the current clauses.
* the index has a predicate that was proven by the current clauses,
* OR an index-only scan is possible.
*/
if (found_clause || useful_pathkeys != NIL || useful_predicate)
if (found_clause || useful_pathkeys != NIL || useful_predicate ||
index_only_scan)
{
/* First, detect whether index-only scan is possible */
index_only_scan = check_index_only(rel, index);
checked_index_only = true;
ipath = create_index_path(root, index,
restrictclauses,
orderbyclauses,
@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ find_usable_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
}
/*
* 4. If the index is ordered, a backwards scan might be interesting.
* 5. If the index is ordered, a backwards scan might be interesting.
* Again, this is only interesting at top level.
*/
if (index_is_ordered && possibly_useful_pathkeys &&
@ -472,9 +474,6 @@ find_usable_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
index_pathkeys);
if (useful_pathkeys != NIL)
{
if (!checked_index_only)
index_only_scan = check_index_only(rel, index);
ipath = create_index_path(root, index,
restrictclauses,
NIL,