Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think there's still a problem here with some kind of n^2 behaviour for > appends of very wide tables but I haven't quite nailed it yet. In any case is > there any reason not to make the following small change to move the constraint > exclusion ahead of the size estimates and index checks and save ourselves > potentially a lot of work?
Applied along with some other hacking to reduce the costs of the lower-level functions that this example shows to be inefficient. They'd still be slow in large queries, whether CE applies or not. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq