Re: Why we don't want hints Was: Slow count(*) again...

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Greg Smith" <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>,<sthomas(at)peak6(dot)com>
Cc: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Why we don't want hints Was: Slow count(*) again...
Date: 2011-02-10 18:26:44
Message-ID: 4D53D984020000250003A79F@gw.wicourts.gov
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Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Shaun Thomas wrote:
>> Hilariously, I'm not so sure that's what the OP wanted.
>
> Someone to blame as a scapegoat for why his badly planned project
> had failed. I've done several Oracle conversions before, and
> never met someone who was so resistent to doing the right things
> for such a conversion. You have to relatively flexible in your
> thinking to work with the good and away from the bad parts of
> PostgreSQL for such a project to succeed. I didn't hear a whole
> lot of "flexible" in that discussion.

I was thinking along the same lines, but couldn't find the words to
put it so politely, so I held back. Still biting my tongue, but I
appreciate your milder summary.

-Kevin

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