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It only works when there's NOT NULL constraints... not a condition...
i.e. where <X> is not null in the query will not get the HJ to work. it must be a constraint.
It's one of the <few> constraint-based optimizations. It used to be documented in 7.3 manuals but it's now left out for some reason.
Otherwise you tend to get a nasty FILTER operation Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 05:12:10 CDT