I am doing an experiment in which I need the following:

SET enable_mergejoin = false;
SET enable_hashjoin = false;

SELECT ...
FROM tab00 as T00, tab01 as T01, tab02 as T02, tab03 as T03 
WHERE T00.id = T01.id 
AND T00.id = T02.id 
AND T00.id = T03.id 
LIMIT 51;

There's an index on each primary key (id). Hence, what I expect and what I
get is the following:

Limit (cost=0.00..913.95 rows=51 width=12)
  -> Nested Loop (cost=0.00..89620.80 rows=5001 width=12)
    -> Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..59725.19 rows=5001 width=18)
      -> Nested Loop  (cost=0.00..29917.10 rows=5001 width=12)
        -> Seq Scan on tab00 t00  (cost=0.00..109.01 rows=5001 width=6)
        -> Index Scan using tab03_pkey on tab03 t03  
                (cost=0.00..5.95 rows=1 width=6)
                Index Cond: ("outer".id = t03.id)
      -> Index Scan using tab01_pkey on tab01 t01  
              (cost=0.00..5.95 rows=1 width=6)
              Index Cond: ("outer".id = t01.id)
    -> Index Scan using tab02_pkey on tab02 t02  
            (cost=0.00..5.95 rows=1 width=6)
            Index Cond: (t02.id = "outer".id)


I need the sequential scan to be on tab02 instead. What to do? The 4 tables
have the same schema. The data distribution is the same for the 4 tables,
except for one of them (tab02); the rows are clustered in reversed order.

Even if I try to swap the data between tab00 and tab02, I get the same
logical query: the sequential scan on the unwanted table.

Is there a way o enforce a plan definition?

Thanks,
--h


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