Re: enabling nestedloop and disabling hashjon

yes sir, I did try the pg_ctl reload command, but its still using the hash
join algorithm and not the nested loop algorithm. I even restarted the
server, even then its still using the hash join algorithm

Thanks
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Ravi Kiran <ravi(dot)kolanpaka(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I tried modifying the postgresql.conf file where I set the value
> > enable_hashjoin=off and also enable_mergejoin=off, so that I could force
> > postgres to use nested loop.
> > but postgres is still using the hash join algorithm even after modifying
> > the postgresql code.
>
> Did you remember "pg_ctl reload"? enable_hashjoin=off will most certainly
> work if it's active.
>
> regards, tom lane
>