Marko Tiikkaja <ma...@joh.to> writes:
> So I'm in the same pickle again. According to pg_stat_user_indexes an
> index is being used all the time. However, it's only being used by
> mergejoinscansel() to compare these two plans:
If it's not being used otherwise, could you drop it?
> I think it would be really important to have a way to turn off
> get_actual_variable_range() for a specific index during runtime. Would a C
> level hook be acceptable for this?
You haven't really made a case for why you (or anyone else) should care.
As long as the planner makes the right choice, having investigated a wrong
choice doesn't seem like a bug to me.
regards, tom lane
