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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/pathkeys.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/pathkeys.c
index 012cb62f89a..1065b31ad10 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/pathkeys.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/pathkeys.c
@@ -480,17 +480,30 @@ build_index_pathkeys(PlannerInfo *root,
index->rel->relids,
false);
- /*
- * If the sort key isn't already present in any EquivalenceClass, then
- * it's not an interesting sort order for this query. So we can stop
- * now --- lower-order sort keys aren't useful either.
- */
- if (!cpathkey)
- break;
-
- /* Add to list unless redundant */
- if (!pathkey_is_redundant(cpathkey, retval))
- retval = lappend(retval, cpathkey);
+ if (cpathkey)
+ {
+ /*
+ * We found the sort key in an EquivalenceClass, so it's relevant
+ * for this query. Add it to list, unless it's redundant.
+ */
+ if (!pathkey_is_redundant(cpathkey, retval))
+ retval = lappend(retval, cpathkey);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /*
+ * Boolean index keys might be redundant even if they do not
+ * appear in an EquivalenceClass, because of our special treatment
+ * of boolean equality conditions --- see the comment for
+ * indexcol_is_bool_constant_for_query(). If that applies, we can
+ * continue to examine lower-order index columns. Otherwise, the
+ * sort key is not an interesting sort order for this query, so we
+ * should stop considering index columns; any lower-order sort
+ * keys won't be useful either.
+ */
+ if (!indexcol_is_bool_constant_for_query(index, i))
+ break;
+ }
i++;
}