Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> writes: > Describing in those terms illuminates much. While the concepts do suggest 2^N > worst-case planning cost, my artificial test case showed a rigid 4^N pattern; > what could explain that?
Well, the point of the 2^N concept is just that adding one more relation multiplies the planning work by a constant factor. It's useful data that you find the factor to be about 4, but I wouldn't have expected the model to tell us that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers