On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 1:06 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> This:
>
> > +#if 0
> >         /* If any limit was set to zero, the user doesn't want a
> > parallel scan. */
> >         if (parallel_workers <= 0)
> >                 return;
> > +#endif
>
> seems like it adds a lot of new paths with a lot lower chance
> of win, but maybe we could tighten the conditions to improve
> the odds?


Seems it wins if the parallel scan becomes part of a hash join in final
plan.  I wonder if we have a way to know that in this early stage.

BTW, zero parallel_workers seems would break some later assumptions, so
we may need to give it a meaningful number if we want to do in this way.

Thanks
Richard

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