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Re: pg_plan_advice

Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com> — 2025-12-17T13:44:02Z

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM Jakub Wartak
<jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's v7.
> [..]
>[..q20..]

OK, now for the q10:

 Sort
   Sort Key: (sum((lineitem.l_extendedprice * ('1'::numeric -
lineitem.l_discount)))) DESC
   ->  Finalize GroupAggregate
         Group Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
         ->  Gather Merge
               Workers Planned: 2
               ->  Partial GroupAggregate
                     Group Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
                     ->  Sort
                           Sort Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
                           ->  Hash Join
                                 Hash Cond: (customer.c_nationkey =
nation.n_nationkey)
                                 ->  Parallel Hash Join
                                       Hash Cond: (orders.o_custkey =
customer.c_custkey)
                                       ->  Nested Loop
                                             ->  Parallel Seq Scan on orders
                                                   Filter:
((o_orderdate >= '1993-10-01'::date) AND (o_orderdate < '1994-01-01
00:00:00'::timestamp without time zone))
                                             ->  Index Scan using
lineitem_l_orderkey_idx_l_returnflag on lineitem
                                                   Index Cond:
(l_orderkey = orders.o_orderkey)
                                       ->  Parallel Hash
                                             ->  Parallel Seq Scan on customer
                                 ->  Hash
                                       ->  Seq Scan on nation
 Generated Plan Advice:
   JOIN_ORDER(orders lineitem customer nation)
   NESTED_LOOP_PLAIN(lineitem)
   HASH_JOIN(customer nation)
   SEQ_SCAN(orders customer nation)
   INDEX_SCAN(lineitem public.lineitem_l_orderkey_idx_l_returnflag)
   GATHER_MERGE((customer orders lineitem nation))

but when set the advice it generates wrong NL instead of expected
Parallel HJ (so another way to fix is to simply disable PQ, yuck),
but:

 Sort
   Sort Key: (sum((lineitem.l_extendedprice * ('1'::numeric -
lineitem.l_discount)))) DESC
   ->  Finalize GroupAggregate
         Group Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
         ->  Gather Merge
               Workers Planned: 2
               ->  Partial GroupAggregate
                     Group Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
                     ->  Sort
                           Sort Key: customer.c_custkey, nation.n_name
                           ->  Nested Loop
                                 ->  Hash Join
                                       Hash Cond:
(customer.c_nationkey = nation.n_nationkey)
                                       ->  Parallel Hash Join
                                             Hash Cond:
(orders.o_custkey = customer.c_custkey)
                                             ->  Parallel Seq Scan on orders
                                                   Filter:
((o_orderdate >= '1993-10-01'::date) AND (o_orderdate < '1994-01-01
00:00:00'::timestamp without time zone))
                                             ->  Parallel Hash
                                                   ->  Parallel Seq
Scan on customer
                                       ->  Hash
                                             ->  Seq Scan on nation
                                 ->  Index Scan using
lineitem_l_orderkey_idx_l_returnflag on lineitem
                                       Index Cond: (l_orderkey =
orders.o_orderkey)
 Supplied Plan Advice:
   SEQ_SCAN(orders) /* matched */
   SEQ_SCAN(customer) /* matched */
   SEQ_SCAN(nation) /* matched */
   INDEX_SCAN(lineitem public.lineitem_l_orderkey_idx_l_returnflag) /*
matched */
   JOIN_ORDER(orders lineitem customer nation) /* matched,
conflicting, failed */
   NESTED_LOOP_PLAIN(lineitem) /* matched, conflicting */
   HASH_JOIN(customer) /* matched, conflicting */
   HASH_JOIN(nation) /* matched, conflicting */
   GATHER_MERGE((customer orders lineitem nation)) /* matched */

So to me it looks like in Generated Plan Advice we:
- have proper HASH_JOIN(customer nation)
- but it somehow forgot to include "HASH_JOIN(orders)" to cover for
that Parallel Hash Join on (orders.o_custkey = customer.c_custkey)
with input from NL. After adding that manually, it achieves the same
input plan properly.

Please let me know if I'm wrong, I was kind of thinking Parallel is
not fully supported, but README/tests seem to state otherwise.

-J.