Parallelise scanning result of ORDER_BY #5403
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This PR implements parallel scanning of the result of the ORDER_BY operator. Preserving the order while reading sorted data has been made possible by adding batch indices to local scan states. It was very easy to implement with all this infrastructure in place. Thanks, @Mytherin!
Quick benchmark, of course.
Timing in seconds (on my laptop):
As we can see, sorted tables can be created much more quickly, which can help with zone maps, for example.
This also makes it more enticing to use the
PhysicalOrder
operator for index creation (CC @taniabogatsch)