Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...
Date: 2011-02-03 22:12:07
Message-ID: 4D4B2837.6080601@vmsinfo.com
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> However, since this system wasn't directly compatible with Oracle Hints,
> folks pushing for hints dropped the solution as unsatisfactory. This is
> the discussion we have every time: the users who want hints specifically
> want hints which work exactly like Oracle's, and aren't interested in a
> system designed for PostgreSQL. It's gotten very boring; it's like the
> requests to support MySQL-only syntax.
>
Actually, I don't want Oracle hints. Oracle hints are ugly and
cumbersome. I would prefer something like this:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index-hints.html

That should also answer the question about other databases supporting hints.

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