Re: enable_indexonly

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
> On 27 April 2012 16:08, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I notice that there isn't a parameter called enable_indexonly (or similar).
>>
>> ISTM that such a major new feature should be controlled by a planner
>> method parameter, just as all the existing planner methods are.
>>
>> This will help us evaluate index only scans in production, and turn
>> them off if they have negative impacts.
>
> It already exists and is called "enable_indexonlyscan".

Hmm. Forgive me, I pressed the wrong button and looked at current docs
rather than dev docs.

(Easier when they used to look different...)

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