Go to file
Tom Lane 512c7356b6 Fix <> and pattern-NOT-match estimators to handle nulls correctly.
These estimators returned 1 minus the corresponding equality/match
estimate, which is incorrect: we need to subtract off the fraction
of nulls in the column, since those are neither equal nor not equal
to the comparison value.  The error only becomes obvious if the
nullfrac is large, but it could be very bad in a mostly-nulls
column, as reported in bug #14676 from Marko Tiikkaja.

To fix the <> case, refactor eqsel() and neqsel() to call a common
support routine, which can be made to account for nullfrac correctly.
The pattern-match cases were already factored that way, and it was
simply an oversight that patternsel() wasn't subtracting off nullfrac.

neqjoinsel() has a similar problem, but since we're elsewhere discussing
changing its behavior entirely, I left it alone for now.

This is a very longstanding bug, but I'm hesitant to back-patch a fix for
it.  Given the lack of prior complaints, such cases must not come up often,
so it's probably not worth the risk of destabilizing plans in stable
branches.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170529153847.4275.95416@wrigleys.postgresql.org
2017-06-03 14:36:25 -04:00
config Update config.guess and config.sub 2017-05-14 11:09:34 -04:00
contrib Fix wording in amvalidate error messages 2017-05-30 15:45:42 -04:00
doc doc: Add note that DROP SUBSCRIPTION drops replication slot 2017-06-02 15:16:57 -04:00
src Fix <> and pattern-NOT-match estimators to handle nulls correctly. 2017-06-03 14:36:25 -04:00
.dir-locals.el
.gitattributes Remove contrib/tsearch2. 2017-02-13 11:06:11 -05:00
.gitignore Allow .so minor version numbers above 9 in .gitignore. 2016-08-15 17:35:35 -04:00
aclocal.m4 ICU support 2017-03-23 15:28:48 -04:00
configure Stamp 10beta1. 2017-05-15 17:20:59 -04:00
configure.in Stamp 10beta1. 2017-05-15 17:20:59 -04:00
COPYRIGHT Update copyright for 2017 2017-01-03 12:37:53 -05:00
GNUmakefile.in Have "make coverage" recurse into contrib as well 2016-09-05 18:44:36 -03:00
HISTORY Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: 2017-05-20 21:50:47 -04:00
Makefile
README Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: 2017-05-20 21:50:47 -04:00
README.git Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: 2017-05-20 21:50:47 -04:00

PostgreSQL Database Management System
=====================================

This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
https://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.