[HACKERS] Operator startegies for an access method

2002-09-07 Thread ljguo_1234
Hello everyone. When I studied system catolog,I can't understand a concept "operator strategies for an access method", Who can tell me what it's that and where I could find document on the Web. Thanks for your reponse very much, especially thank Hannu Krosing. Guo longjiang Harbi

[HACKERS] abou the cost estimation

2002-09-06 Thread ljguo_1234
Hello, All I have read the source code /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c and there is a function cost_sort(...). I think the code in 464 to 465 lines must be changed to: startup_cost += npageaccesses * (1.0 + cost_nonsequential_access(1)) * 0.5; The origi

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2002-09-04 Thread ljguo_1234
Hello, Mr. Tom Lane I am a chinese student studied in Harbin institute of technology. I want join to PostgreSQL Global Development Group and I want work on the planner/optimizer. I have been reading the source code for 2 months. There many data strucutres I can't understand. Can you tell me

[HACKERS] What is Tid Scan

2002-09-04 Thread ljguo_1234
Hello everyone. I can't understand Tid Scan, Who can tell me what it's that and where I could find document on the Web. Thanks for your reponse. Guo longjiang Harbin China __ === Ð