Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Teach tuplesort.c about "top N" sorting, in which only the first

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Jim Nasby <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Teach tuplesort.c about "top N" sorting, in which only the first
Date: 2007-05-07 02:45:52
Message-ID: 20070507024552.GA8956@alvh.no-ip.org
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Jim Nasby wrote:

> If we really want to make the logfile the approved method for
> monitoring performance, then why do we have the stats infrastructure
> at all? It could all be replaced with logging output and pgfouine.

First we'd have to fix the usability problem of our redirect_stderr
stuff for pgfouine (multiline messages from different backends are
mixed, according to Guillaume).

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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