Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal
Date: 2006-10-12 16:37:46
Message-ID: 11366.1160671066@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:
> Yes, but as I mentioned the idea here was to come up with something that
> is (hopefully) easy to define and implement. In other words, something
> that should be doable for 8.3.

Sorry, but that is not anywhere on my list of criteria for an important
feature. Having to live with a quick-and-dirty design for the
foreseeable future is an ugly prospect --- and anything that puts hints
into application code is going to lock us down to supporting it forever.

regards, tom lane

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