Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#36670 new enhancement
Move CAST to right-hand side of comparison in meta query
Reported by: | ericlewis | Owned by: | |
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Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.1 |
Component: | Query | Keywords: | |
Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
The SQL clause created by a meta query CASTs the column value postmeta.meta_value
and compares it to the value provided in the meta query, a la CAST(postmeta.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'some-value'
.
Casting a column value instead of a constant means that MySQL will ignore an index for that column if one exists. Although core does not define an index for the meta_value
column, a user could create one for perf reasons.
Switching the side of the CAST would result in the same two types, just on different sides
postmeta.meta_value = CAST('some-value' AS CHAR)
That means MySQL's type conversion will work the same as it did previously.
#36649 would need to be completed before this.
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