Re: Prepared statements considered harmful

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Prepared statements considered harmful
Date: 2006-08-31 13:25:32
Message-ID: 200608311525.32557.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Donnerstag, 31. August 2006 15:05 schrieb Merlin Moncure:
> The proposal to supply hints to statements and functions has been
> voted down several times due to the argument that it is better to fix
> the planner. I think supplying hints does fix the planner, and is a
> balanced solution.

Planner hints are a way to address a deficient planner. But neither a
manually hinted planner nor a perfectly good planner will help if the
planning decisions are based on outdated information.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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