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Re: Optimizing nbtree ScalarArrayOp execution, allowing multi-column ordered scans, skip scan

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

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From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, benoit <benoit@hopsandfork.com>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-04-08T01:57:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Move nbtree preprocessing into new .c file.

  2. Fix nbtree lookahead overflow bug.

  3. Remove unneeded nbtree array preprocessing assert.

  4. Don't try to fix eliminated nbtree array scan keys.

  5. Remove redundant nbtree preprocessing assertions.

  6. Avoid extra lookups with nbtree array inequalities.

  7. Enhance nbtree ScalarArrayOp execution.

  8. Improvements and fixes for e0b1ee17dc

  9. Skip checking of scan keys required for directional scan in B-tree

  10. Fix btmarkpos/btrestrpos array key wraparound bug.

  11. Add nbtree high key "continuescan" optimization.

  12. Consider secondary factors during nbtree splits.

  13. Make heap TID a tiebreaker nbtree index column.

  14. Fix planning of btree index scans using ScalarArrayOpExpr quals.

  15. Fix btree stop-at-nulls logic properly.

  16. Teach btree to handle ScalarArrayOpExpr quals natively.

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 9:50 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> If you're doing that, then surely
>
>                     if (j != (BTEqualStrategyNumber - 1) ||
>                         !(xform[j].skey->sk_flags & SK_SEARCHARRAY))
>                     {
>                         ...
>                     }
>                     else
>                     {
>                         Assert(j == (BTEqualStrategyNumber - 1));
>                         Assert(xform[j].skey->sk_flags & SK_SEARCHARRAY);
>                         Assert(xform[j].ikey == array->scan_key);
>                         Assert(!(cur->sk_flags & SK_SEARCHARRAY));
>                     }
>
> those first two Asserts are redundant with the "if" as well.

I'll get rid of those other two assertions as well, then.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan