Re: Indexes on expressions with multiple columns and operators

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Frédéric Yhuel <frederic.yhuel@dalibo.com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-performance@lists.postgresql.org>, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr@dalibo.com>, Christophe Courtois <christophe.courtois@dalibo.com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Date: 2025-09-18T16:40:39Z
Lists: pgsql-performance

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I wrote:
> Sigh ... so the answer is this used to work (since commit 39df0f150)
> and then I carelessly broke it in commit a391ff3c3.  If you try this
> test case in versions 9.5..11 you get a spot-on rowcount estimate.
> Serves me right for not having a test case I guess, but I'm astonished
> that nobody complained sooner.

The attached fixes things so it works like it did pre-a391ff3c3.

I spent some time trying to devise a test case, and was reminded
of why I didn't have one before: it's hard to make a case that
will be robust enough to not show diffs in the buildfarm.
I'll keep thinking about that though.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

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  1. Re-allow using statistics for bool-valued functions in WHERE.

  2. Build out the planner support function infrastructure.

  3. Allow planner to use expression-index stats for function calls in WHERE.