Re: Default setting for enable_hashagg_disk

From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Default setting for enable_hashagg_disk
Date: 2020-06-12 02:45:43
Message-ID: 20200612024542.GD14879@telsasoft.com
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:22:57PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 11:39 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> > 1. Testing the spilling of hashed grouping sets: I'm inclined to just
> > get rid of enable_groupingsets_hash_disk and use Melanie's stats-
> > hacking approach instead.
>
> Fixed in 92c58fd9.
>
> > think the names you suggested quite fit, but the idea to use a more
> > interesting GUC value might help express the behavior. Perhaps making
> > enable_hashagg a ternary "enable_hashagg=on|off|avoid_disk"? The word
> > "reject" is too definite for the planner, which is working with
> > imperfect information.
>
> I renamed enable_hashagg_disk to hashagg_avoid_disk_plan, which I think
> satisfies the concerns raised here. Also in 92c58fd9.

Thanks for considering :)

I saw you updated the Open Items page, but put the items into "Older Bugs /
Fixed".

I moved them underneath "Resolved" since they're all new in v13.
https://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=PostgreSQL_13_Open_Items&diff=34995&oldid=34994

--
Justin

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