Sorry for late reply. > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 09:19:22PM +1200, David Rowley wrote: > > I've not yet looked at the latest patch, but I did put some thoughts > into an email on the other thread that's been discussing UniqueKeys > [1]. > > I'm keen to hear thoughts on the plan I mentioned over there. Likely > it would be best to discuss the specifics of what additional features > we need to add to UniqueKeys for skip scans over here, but discuss any > chances which affect both patches over there. We certainly can't have > two separate implementations of UniqueKeys, so I believe the skip > scans UniqueKeys patch should most likely be based on the one in [1] > or some descendant of it. > > [1] > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAApHDvpx1qED1uLqubcKJ=ohatcmd7ptukkdq0b72_08nbr...@mail.gmail.com
Yes, I've come to the same conclusion, although I have my concerns about having such a dependency between patches. Will look at the suggested patches soon.