Re: [Bizgres-general] A Guide to Constraint Exclusion (

Simon,

> It's the first time I've thought to compare the constraint predicates on
> joined tables based upon the join restriction. That's possible, but
> would take some time to work out.
> 
> I've argued that such a construct is not common. I'm open to suggestions
> about what *is* common...

I also don't believe it is commonly used.  There are occasions where fact
tables are joined on a common key, but for CE to be effective, the key would
have to be used in a similar way in constructing the partitions.

There are many other ways to accomplish useful patterns, like partitioning
fact tables based on a date based key, then using a constant predicate in
the join, e.g:

SELECT * FROM Fact AND Dimension
  WHERE Fact.a = Dimension.a
    AND to_char(T1.key,"MONTH") = 'JUNE'
    AND to_char(T1.key,"YYYY") = '2003';

With Fact defined with 12 partitions
    CHECK(to_char(key,"MONTH") EQUAL 'JANUARY')
...
    CHECK(to_char(key,"MONTH") EQUAL 'DECEMBER')

- Luke