>
> Done.  Attached is the new version of the patch.
>
> * I'm still not sure the search approach is the right way to go, so I
> modified CreateLocalJoinPath so that it creates a mergejoin path that
> explicitly sorts both the outer and inner relations as in
> sort_inner_and_outer, by using the information saved in that function. I
> think we could try to create a sort-free mergejoin as in
> match_unsorted_outer, but I'm not sure it's worth complicating the code.

Why is this so?
             * If the outer cheapest-total path is parameterized by the inner
             * rel, we can't generate a nestloop path.
and
             * If either cheapest-total path is parameterized by the other
             * rel, we can't generate a hashjoin/mergejoin path.  (There's no

If the inner and/or outer paths are not ordered as required, we will need to
order them. Code below doesn't seem to handle that case.
                    /*
                     * If the paths are already well enough ordered, we can
                     * skip doing an explicit sort.
                     */
                    if (outerkeys &&
                        pathkeys_contained_in(outerkeys, outer_path->pathkeys))
                        outerkeys = NIL;
                    if (innerkeys &&
                        pathkeys_contained_in(innerkeys, inner_path->pathkeys))
                        innerkeys = NIL;

> * I modified CreateLocalJoinPath so that it handles the cheapest-total paths
> for the outer/inner relations that are parameterized if possible.

I don't think we need to provide details of what kind of path the function
builds.
+     join plan.  <literal>CreateLocalJoinPath</> builds a nested loop join
+     path for the specified join relation, except when the join type is
+     <literal>FULL</>, in which case a merge or hash join path is built.


I am not able to understand the code or the comment below
+
+        /* Save first mergejoin information for possible use by the FDW */
+        if (outerkeys == all_pathkeys)
+        {
+            extra->mergeclauses = cur_mergeclauses;
+            extra->merge_pathkeys = merge_pathkeys;
+            extra->merge_outerkeys = outerkeys;
+            extra->merge_innerkeys = innerkeys;
+        }

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Postgres Database Company


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