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The regex filter operation should be applied in the IXSCAN stage if possible

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    • Type: Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: Querying
    • Query Optimization

      Currently when an index is multikey the filter step for the regex match gets bumped out of the IXSCAN stage and into the FETCH stage. The logical reason for this is not immediately clear and it seems that this may be unnecessary. The result of this is that we fetch and examine documents that won't match the regex even though we could have concluded that based on information available during the IXSCAN.

      diff:PRIMARY> db.version()
3.4.3
diff:PRIMARY> c.createIndex({x:1})
{
    "createdCollectionAutomatically" : false,
    "numIndexesBefore" : 1,
    "numIndexesAfter" : 2,
    "ok" : 1
}
diff:PRIMARY> c.find({x:/1/}).explain().queryPlanner.winningPlan
{
    "stage" : "FETCH",
    "inputStage" : {
        "stage" : "IXSCAN",
        "filter" : {
            "x" : {
                "$regex" : "1"
            }
        },
        "keyPattern" : {
            "x" : 1
        },
        "indexName" : "x_1",
        "isMultiKey" : false,
        "multiKeyPaths" : {
            "x" : [ ]
        },
        "isUnique" : false,
        "isSparse" : false,
        "isPartial" : false,
        "indexVersion" : 2,
        "direction" : "forward",
        "indexBounds" : {
            "x" : [
                "[\"\", {})",
                "[/1/, /1/]"
            ]
        }
    }
}
diff:PRIMARY> c.insert({x:[1,2]})
WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
diff:PRIMARY> c.find({x:/1/}).explain().queryPlanner.winningPlan
{
    "stage" : "FETCH",
    "filter" : {
        "x" : {
            "$regex" : "1"
        }
    },
    "inputStage" : {
        "stage" : "IXSCAN",
        "keyPattern" : {
            "x" : 1
        },
        "indexName" : "x_1",
        "isMultiKey" : true,
        "multiKeyPaths" : {
            "x" : [
                "x"
            ]
        },
        "isUnique" : false,
        "isSparse" : false,
        "isPartial" : false,
        "indexVersion" : 2,
        "direction" : "forward",
        "indexBounds" : {
            "x" : [
                "[\"\", {})",
                "[/1/, /1/]"
            ]
        }
    }
}

            Assignee:
            andi.wang@mongodb.com Andi Wang
            Reporter:
            christopher.harris@mongodb.com Chris Harris
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