Re: Having query cache in core

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Having query cache in core
Date: 2018-05-07 06:23:07
Message-ID: 1525674187.2539.12.camel@cybertec.at
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > Does anybody think having in-memory query result cache in core is a
> > good idea?
>
> No.

I agree.

Having been bitten by the feature on MySQL, I think it's not a good thing.

Essentially, it's a band-aid for badly written applications, but it will
only help in certain cases and hurts in many others.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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