Re: postgres_fdw: perform UPDATE/DELETE .. RETURNING on a join directly

Etsuro Fujita <fujita.etsuro@lab.ntt.co.jp>

From: Etsuro Fujita <fujita.etsuro@lab.ntt.co.jp>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Rushabh Lathia <rushabh.lathia@gmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2018-02-09T10:24:15Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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(2018/02/09 10:48), Etsuro Fujita wrote:
> (2018/02/09 4:32), Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> there's still an intermittent issue. I ran "make installcheck" in
>>> contrib/postgres_fdw in a loop, and got a similar failure on the
>>> 47th try --- my result duplicates the second plan change shown by
>>> rhinoceros, but not the first one. I speculate that the plan change
>>> is a result of autovacuum kicking in partway through the run.
>
> Will look into this.

I tried to reproduce that in my environment, but I couldn't.  On 
reflection I think an easy and reliable way to address that concern is 
to use local stats on foreign tables.  Attached is a patch for that.

Best regards,
Etsuro Fujita

Commits

  1. Temporarily instrument postgres_fdw test to look for statistics changes.

  2. postgres_fdw: Fourth attempt to stabilize regression tests.

  3. postgres_fdw: Third attempt to stabilize regression tests.

  4. postgres_fdw: Attmempt to stabilize regression tests.

  5. postgres_fdw: Push down UPDATE/DELETE joins to remote servers.