Re: enable_indexonly

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: enable_indexonly
Date: 2012-04-27 16:44:47
Message-ID: CABUevExPj50fKpH+DnOr-EY4HTAiGF2ip7yu=okUgaDbqnuiLQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 17:56, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
>
> On 04/27/2012 11:45 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Thom Brown<thom(at)linux(dot)com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 27 April 2012 16:08, Simon Riggs<simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I notice that there isn't a parameter called enable_indexonly (or
>>>> similar).
>>>>
>>>> ISTM that such a major new feature should be controlled by a planner
>>>> method parameter, just as all the existing planner methods are.
>>>>
>>>> This will help us evaluate index only scans in production, and turn
>>>> them off if they have negative impacts.
>>>
>>> It already exists and is called "enable_indexonlyscan".
>>
>> Hmm. Forgive me, I pressed the wrong button and looked at current docs
>> rather than dev docs.
>>
>> (Easier when they used to look different...)
>
>
> Maybe we should have the stylesheet watermark the dev docs pages.

Are you offering to write the patch? ;)

(if someone can provide a CSS that will look good and work cross
browser, I can do the website code side of things that enables it for
the devel docs)

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 Magnus Hagander
 Me: http://www.hagander.net/
 Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

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