Re: BUG #16111: Unexpected query compilation error “negative bitmapset member not allowed”

Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>

From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: tuomas.leikola@gmail.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2019-12-05T00:38:23Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 02:36:42AM +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> >Yeah, this is a bug in estimate_multivariate_ndistinct, which fails to
> >ignore system attributes :-(
> >
> >The attached patch fixes it, but unfortunatly we've missed this round of
> >minor releases :-( I'll get it pushed in a couple of days.
> >
> >Thanks for the report and the reproducer, very helpful!
> 
> I've pushed the fix, after a minor improvement (it wasn't quite right,
> because the bitmap was updated again a bit later). Backpatched to 10+.

I thought you'd be interested to know I just ran into this myself, so I
would've reported it now, if it hadn't already been fixed - thanks.

-- Note, that's actually a table named after a view..
ts=# explain SELECT tableoid::regclass FROM daily_enodeb_baseband_view GROUP BY 1;
ERROR:  negative bitmapset member not allowed

-- 
Justin Pryzby
System Administrator
Telsasoft
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Commits

  1. Skip system attributes when applying mvdistinct stats