Postgres Planner Quirks: JOIN Equivalence Classes and IN/ANY filters

Опубликовано: 22 Май 2026
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In E117 of "5mins of Postgres" we continue our series on Postgres planner quirks. In this episode we discuss JOIN column equivalence and when there are issues with IN/ANY filters not being considered as part of the equivalence class in Postgres.

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📑 What we have discussed in this episode of 5mins of Postgres:

Optimizing Performance in PostgreSQL: Join Column and ANY Filters - Blog post by Deepak Mahto
https://databaserookies.wordpress.com...

Parameterized Index Scans, or: Why Nested Loop are sometimes a good join type - Blog post on pganalyze blog
https://pganalyze.com/blog/how-postgr...

Internal Postgres Planner ("optimizer") documentation on Equivalence Classes
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/...

Condition pushdown: why (=) is pushed down into join, but BETWEEN or larger equals is not? - Discussion on pgsql-hackers mailinglist
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id...

Equivalence Class Filters - Patch in 2022 Postgres Commitfest
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/37/...

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