il for the executor to run it.
    In the rest of this section we'll ignore the distinction between paths
    and plans.
   </p><div class="sect2" id="PLANNER-OPTIMIZER-GENERATING-POSSIBLE-PLANS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">52.5.1. Generating Possible Plans <a href="#PLANNER-OPTIMIZER-GENERATING-POSSIBLE-PLANS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
     The planner/optimizer starts by generating plans for scanning each
     individual relation (table) used in the query.  Th