On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 11:24 PM, Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote: >> Just to emphasise why we want this, it might be better for the EXPLAIN >> to say "Time Range Join" when the ranges being joined are Time Ranges, >> and for other cases to just say "Range Join". The use of the word >> Merge doesn't help much there. > > I don't care for special-casing the word "time" in there, because no > other type would benefit. It seems a little too magical. I also do > like leaving "merge" in there because it helps the user understand why > their inputs are being sorted.
+1. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
